Arboretum Et Fruticetum Britannicum: Or, The Trees and Shrubs of Britain, Native and Foreign, Hardy and Half-hardy, Pictorially and Botanically Delineated, and Scientifically and Popularly Described; with Their Propagation, Culture, Management, and Uses in the Arts, in Useful and Ornamental Plantations, and in Landscape-gardening; Preceded by a Historical and Geographical Outline of the Trees and Shrubs of Temperate Climates Throughout the World, Volume 3The Author, 1844 - Botany |
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Page 1263
... green - house plant ; in the Government Garden at Odessa , in the Crimea , it forms a splendid tree , flowering every year , and sometimes ripening seeds ; though in the winter of 1885 , M. Descemet informs us , it was very much injured ...
... green - house plant ; in the Government Garden at Odessa , in the Crimea , it forms a splendid tree , flowering every year , and sometimes ripening seeds ; though in the winter of 1885 , M. Descemet informs us , it was very much injured ...
Page 1265
... green - houses . It is a native of Madeira , on high rocks ; was introduced in 1777 ; grows to the height of from 2 ft . to 4 ft .; and produces its blue , campanulate flowers in May and June . Heliotropium peruvianum L. , H. p ...
... green - houses . It is a native of Madeira , on high rocks ; was introduced in 1777 ; grows to the height of from 2 ft . to 4 ft .; and produces its blue , campanulate flowers in May and June . Heliotropium peruvianum L. , H. p ...
Page 1268
... green of its leaves , which are seldom eaten by insects , and the profusion of its flowers , which are bluish , render it highly ornamental . 1105 4. S. BONARIE'NSE L. The Buenos Ayres Nightshade . Identification . Lin . Sp . , No. 264 ...
... green of its leaves , which are seldom eaten by insects , and the profusion of its flowers , which are bluish , render it highly ornamental . 1105 4. S. BONARIE'NSE L. The Buenos Ayres Nightshade . Identification . Lin . Sp . , No. 264 ...
Page 1269
... green - houses . It grows 4 ft . or 5 ft . high , and produces red , or yellowish fruit , about the size of cherries . Gerard says , " it is a rare and pleasant plant , kept in pots and tubs in green - houses during the extremity of ...
... green - houses . It grows 4 ft . or 5 ft . high , and produces red , or yellowish fruit , about the size of cherries . Gerard says , " it is a rare and pleasant plant , kept in pots and tubs in green - houses during the extremity of ...
Page 1274
... green . Stamens white . Stigma green . Nuts the form of those of Coffea arábica , convex on one side , marked by a slender furrow in the middle , obtuse at top , and perforated by two roundish holes at the base : hence it is tri ...
... green . Stamens white . Stigma green . Nuts the form of those of Coffea arábica , convex on one side , marked by a slender furrow in the middle , obtuse at top , and perforated by two roundish holes at the base : hence it is tri ...
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