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
... 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 Carolina , Florida , and Virginia , and flowers in August and ...
... 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 Carolina , Florida , and Virginia , and flowers in August and ...
Page 1263
... shoots being killed back every year by the autumnal frosts . In Austria , at Vienna , in the University Botanic ... shoot up again in the spring . A plant of Calámpelis scabra , in the Horticultural Society's Garden , has stood out ...
... shoots being killed back every year by the autumnal frosts . In Austria , at Vienna , in the University Botanic ... shoot up again in the spring . A plant of Calámpelis scabra , in the Horticultural Society's Garden , has stood out ...
Page 1264
... shoots , and the beauty of its large , solitary , axillary , nodding flowers , with bell - shaped violet or purple corollas , and its large , oval , pendent fruit . Plants should either be raised in autumn , and preserved in a pit , and ...
... shoots , and the beauty of its large , solitary , axillary , nodding flowers , with bell - shaped violet or purple corollas , and its large , oval , pendent fruit . Plants should either be raised in autumn , and preserved in a pit , and ...
Page 1265
... shoots killed down every year to within 1 ft . of the ground ; but the stool sends out fresh shoots every spring , which generally attain the height of 3 ft . or 4 ft . in the course of the summer , and make a fine appear . ance , from ...
... shoots killed down every year to within 1 ft . of the ground ; but the stool sends out fresh shoots every spring , which generally attain the height of 3 ft . or 4 ft . in the course of the summer , and make a fine appear . ance , from ...
Page 1269
... shoots , and assuming the character of climbers . Natives of Europe , Asia , Africa , and America . Hedges may be formed of the first nine sorts . 1. L. EUROPE'UM L. The European Box Thorn . Identification . Lin . Syst . , 228 .; Mant ...
... shoots , and assuming the character of climbers . Natives of Europe , Asia , Africa , and America . Hedges may be formed of the first nine sorts . 1. L. EUROPE'UM L. The European Box Thorn . Identification . Lin . Syst . , 228 .; Mant ...
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