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 1269
... numerous short and thick branches , armed with many spines . The leaves are above 4 in . long , and 2 in . broad . The flowers are blue , and the berries yellow , as large as walnuts . It abounds , along with Spártium infestum Prest ...
... numerous short and thick branches , armed with many spines . The leaves are above 4 in . long , and 2 in . broad . The flowers are blue , and the berries yellow , as large as walnuts . It abounds , along with Spártium infestum Prest ...
Page 1277
... numerous , large , white flowers , which are produced in May and June . It is easily propa . gated by cuttings , on which account it well deserves a place in a warm sheltered border ) during the summer season , or against a conservative ...
... numerous , large , white flowers , which are produced in May and June . It is easily propa . gated by cuttings , on which account it well deserves a place in a warm sheltered border ) during the summer season , or against a conservative ...
Page 1288
... numerous , small , green , in groups that are disposed in leafy spikes or naked panicles ; or the flowers solitary , or 2-3 together , in the axils of leaves . ( Smith Eng . Fl .; Lindley Nat . Syst . of Bot .; and observation . ) A ...
... numerous , small , green , in groups that are disposed in leafy spikes or naked panicles ; or the flowers solitary , or 2-3 together , in the axils of leaves . ( Smith Eng . Fl .; Lindley Nat . Syst . of Bot .; and observation . ) A ...
Page 1295
... numerous , about the thickness of a finger , erect , branched , spreading , dichotomous , brittle , with a grey striated bark . Branches alternate , round , zigzag , pointed , a little knotty ; without 1165 leaves ; putting out every ...
... numerous , about the thickness of a finger , erect , branched , spreading , dichotomous , brittle , with a grey striated bark . Branches alternate , round , zigzag , pointed , a little knotty ; without 1165 leaves ; putting out every ...
Page 1319
... numerous though single , and are succeeded by fruit of considerable size , and of a deep blue colour , of which the stone is depressed , and very 1201 distinctly striated . The wood is extremely light and soft. CHAP . XCVI . 1319 SANTALA ...
... numerous though single , and are succeeded by fruit of considerable size , and of a deep blue colour , of which the stone is depressed , and very 1201 distinctly striated . The wood is extremely light and soft. CHAP . XCVI . 1319 SANTALA ...
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30 years planted álba Amer appears arboretum bark beneath Borrer Botanic Garden Bracteas branches buds Calyx Catkins Char climate of London colour deciduous diameter downy England Engravings figured in Eng figured in Sal Flitwick flowering in April Footstalks Forbes in Sal France fruit genus glabrous glaucous green ground grows hairy Hayne Abbild head height Henfield Hook Hort Horticultural Society's Garden Host Sal Huntingdon elm Identification insects introduced kind Koch Comm lanceolate larvæ leaves Lodd Loddiges male Michaux Michx mulberry native nearly nurseries Nutt obovate Ovary ovate peduncle petiole plants at Woburn poplar pubescent Pursh Pursh Fl Rees's Cyclo salictum seeds serrated sessile Sexes shoots shrub silkworms silky Smith Eng Smith in Rees's soil Spec species stalked Stamens Stigmas Stipules Suppl Synonymes Syst tree trunk 2 ft variety villous walnut white mulberry Willd willow Woburn Abbey wood young