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 1260
... become naked below . One of the finest specimens of this plant in Europe is that trained against the Palace Pitti at Florence , which , when we saw it in 1819 , was , if our recollection does not deceive us , upwards of 60 ft . high ...
... become naked below . One of the finest specimens of this plant in Europe is that trained against the Palace Pitti at Florence , which , when we saw it in 1819 , was , if our recollection does not deceive us , upwards of 60 ft . high ...
Page 1280
... become wiry . The smell of the plant is fragrant and aromatic ; and the taste pungent and bitter . Its properties are effectually extracted by rectified spirit , and partly , also , by water . In France , besides its use by the ...
... become wiry . The smell of the plant is fragrant and aromatic ; and the taste pungent and bitter . Its properties are effectually extracted by rectified spirit , and partly , also , by water . In France , besides its use by the ...
Page 1293
... become more entirely rosy . The pedicels , erect while bearing the flower , after the flowering become deflexed , and render the fruit pendulous . ( Bot . Reg . ) There is a plant in the Horticultural Society's Garden , in an ...
... become more entirely rosy . The pedicels , erect while bearing the flower , after the flowering become deflexed , and render the fruit pendulous . ( Bot . Reg . ) There is a plant in the Horticultural Society's Garden , in an ...
Page 1294
... become re- flexed . The 2 interior are opposite , petal - like , hori- zontal during the flowering , afterwards approximate to the Ovary , which is flat , and has one of the approximate sepals against each of its flat sides . Stigmas 2 ...
... become re- flexed . The 2 interior are opposite , petal - like , hori- zontal during the flowering , afterwards approximate to the Ovary , which is flat , and has one of the approximate sepals against each of its flat sides . Stigmas 2 ...
Page 1295
... , and suddenly spring up , in one night , 1 in . in length , and thread - like and decumbent ; but they become speedily erect . C. comòsum L'Hèrit . in Lin . Trans . ,. 4 Q CHAP . XCII . 1295 POLYGONA CEÆ . CALLI'GONUM .
... , and suddenly spring up , in one night , 1 in . in length , and thread - like and decumbent ; but they become speedily erect . C. comòsum L'Hèrit . in Lin . Trans . ,. 4 Q CHAP . XCII . 1295 POLYGONA CEÆ . CALLI'GONUM .
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