Arboretum Et Fruticetum Britannicum, Or, the Trees and Shrubs of Britain: Native and Foreign, Hardy and Half-hardy, Pictorally and Botanically Delineated, and Scientifically Described : with Their Propagation, Culture Management, and Uses in Arts, in Useful Plantations, and in Landscape Gardening ; Preceded by a Historical and Geographical Outline of the Trees and Shrubs of Temperate Climates and Conductors Throughout the World ; in 8 Vol.: 4 of Letterpress ... and 4 of Plates. From Asclepiada'ceae, p. 1257., to Coryla'ceae, p. 2030., inclusive, Volume 3Longman, Orme, Green and Longmans, 1844 - 6 pages |
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Page 1290
... ( Willd . ) It inhabits hedges on the coast of Spain , Portugal , Virginia , and Siberia ; and was introduced in 1640. An evergreen shrub , which grows about 5 ft . or 6 ft . high , and forms a large broad head . The young branches are ...
... ( Willd . ) It inhabits hedges on the coast of Spain , Portugal , Virginia , and Siberia ; and was introduced in 1640. An evergreen shrub , which grows about 5 ft . or 6 ft . high , and forms a large broad head . The young branches are ...
Page 1292
... ( Willd . Sp . Pl . , 2. p . 248 , 249. , and obs . ) ― CALLI GONUM L. Calyx inferior , persistent , turbinate in the lower part , ending upwards in a 5 - parted spreading border ; the 2 outer lobes rather the smaller . Stamens about 16 ...
... ( Willd . Sp . Pl . , 2. p . 248 , 249. , and obs . ) ― CALLI GONUM L. Calyx inferior , persistent , turbinate in the lower part , ending upwards in a 5 - parted spreading border ; the 2 outer lobes rather the smaller . Stamens about 16 ...
Page 1294
... Willd . Sp . Pl . , 2. p . 248 . Derivation . According to some from a privative , and trepho , to nourish ; in allusion to the fruit , which , though in form like that of the buck wheat , is unfit for food ; according to others , para ...
... Willd . Sp . Pl . , 2. p . 248 . Derivation . According to some from a privative , and trepho , to nourish ; in allusion to the fruit , which , though in form like that of the buck wheat , is unfit for food ; according to others , para ...
Page 1295
... Willd . Sp . Pl . , 2. p . 249 .. Engraving . Dill . Elth . , t . 32. f . 36 . Spec . Char . , & c . It is less rigid than the A. spinosa , and has not a spiny character . Its leaves are ovate , waved at the edges , and of a greener hue ...
... Willd . Sp . Pl . , 2. p . 249 .. Engraving . Dill . Elth . , t . 32. f . 36 . Spec . Char . , & c . It is less rigid than the A. spinosa , and has not a spiny character . Its leaves are ovate , waved at the edges , and of a greener hue ...
Page 1303
... Willd . Arb . , 165 .; Willd . Sp . Pl . , 2. p . 485 .; Lodd . Cat . , ed . 1836 . Synonymes . Arbor virginiana citreæ vel limonii folio , Benzoinum fundens , Comm . Hort . , 1. p . 189 . t . 97 .; Laúrus æstivalis Wangh . Amer . , 87 ...
... Willd . Arb . , 165 .; Willd . Sp . Pl . , 2. p . 485 .; Lodd . Cat . , ed . 1836 . Synonymes . Arbor virginiana citreæ vel limonii folio , Benzoinum fundens , Comm . Hort . , 1. p . 189 . t . 97 .; Laúrus æstivalis Wangh . Amer . , 87 ...
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40 years planted acorns álba Amer appears arboretum bark beech beneath birch Borrer Botanic Garden Bracteas branches buds Calyx catkins Char circumference climate of London colour deciduous diameter downy Engravings female Flitwick flowers foliage footstalks Forbes in Sal Forest France fruit genus girt glabrous glaucous green ground growing growth head height Henfield Hort Horticultural Horticultural Society's Garden Identification insect introduced kind Koch Comm lanceolate larvæ leaf leaves Lodd Loddiges Loddiges's London male Michaux Michx native nearly North nurseries oblong obovate Ovary ovate peduncles petiole poplar produced Pursh Pursh Fl Rees's Cyclo seeds serrated sessile Sexes shoots shrub silky Smith Eng Smith in Rees's smooth soil Spec species specimens stalked Stamens Stigmas Stipules Synonymes Syst timber tree trunk 2 ft variety Willd Willow Woburn Woburn Abbey wood young