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 1260
... roots , like ivy . The flowers are produced at the ends of the shoots , in large bunches ; and have long swelling tubes , shaped somewhat like a trumpet . The corolla is large , scarlet , and orange - coloured . It is a native of ...
... roots , like ivy . The flowers are produced at the ends of the shoots , in large bunches ; and have long swelling tubes , shaped somewhat like a trumpet . The corolla is large , scarlet , and orange - coloured . It is a native of ...
Page 1264
... root , in one season . Astonishing effects might be produced by this plant in a single season , if it were thought ... roots , it would be necessary to supply it with bottom heat early in the season , and with liquid manure from a ...
... root , in one season . Astonishing effects might be produced by this plant in a single season , if it were thought ... roots , it would be necessary to supply it with bottom heat early in the season , and with liquid manure from a ...
Page 1267
... roots smell like potatoes ; and both roots and stalks , upon being chewed , first cause a sensation of bitterness , which is soon followed by a considerable degree of sweetness , whence the specific name . The plant has been in repute ...
... roots smell like potatoes ; and both roots and stalks , upon being chewed , first cause a sensation of bitterness , which is soon followed by a considerable degree of sweetness , whence the specific name . The plant has been in repute ...
Page 1275
... roots had been cut all round , close to the old ball , it was surrounded with a quantity of rotten manure , in consequence of which it grew so vigorously , that , from the middle of May to the end of September , it expanded 1050 flowers ...
... roots had been cut all round , close to the old ball , it was surrounded with a quantity of rotten manure , in consequence of which it grew so vigorously , that , from the middle of May to the end of September , it expanded 1050 flowers ...
Page 1286
... roots ; for , though frequently killed down to the ground , it seldom fails to spring up with vigour the following spring , and continue flowering the greater part of the summer . In the Chelsea Bo- tanic Garden , there is a plant ...
... roots ; for , though frequently killed down to the ground , it seldom fails to spring up with vigour the following spring , and continue flowering the greater part of the summer . In the Chelsea Bo- tanic Garden , there is a plant ...
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