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 1331
... downy , dark green , and spreading every way . ( Smith Eng . Fl . , and obser- vation . ) It is indigenous in France , Spain , and Italy , accord- ing to Willd . Sp . Pl .; and , according to Mr. Whately , as quoted in Eng . Fl . , it ...
... downy , dark green , and spreading every way . ( Smith Eng . Fl . , and obser- vation . ) It is indigenous in France , Spain , and Italy , accord- ing to Willd . Sp . Pl .; and , according to Mr. Whately , as quoted in Eng . Fl . , it ...
Page 1333
... downy at the edges . Anthers ovate - arrow - shaped . ( Smith's Eng . Fl . , iv . p . 133. ) A low evergreen tree , a native of many parts of Europe , and , according to some , including Britain ; growing to the height of from 15 ft ...
... downy at the edges . Anthers ovate - arrow - shaped . ( Smith's Eng . Fl . , iv . p . 133. ) A low evergreen tree , a native of many parts of Europe , and , according to some , including Britain ; growing to the height of from 15 ft ...
Page 1342
... downy , and protruded beyond the calyx to the length of nearly 1 in . The ovary becomes an achenium about in . long , half as much broad , compressed , oval , with the tip blunt and unsymmetrical from an indentation on one side in which ...
... downy , and protruded beyond the calyx to the length of nearly 1 in . The ovary becomes an achenium about in . long , half as much broad , compressed , oval , with the tip blunt and unsymmetrical from an indentation on one side in which ...
Page 1399
... downy in a young state . Leaves larger than any of the foregoing ; broadly elliptical , with a longer copiously serrated point ; rough on the upper surface , with minute , callous , bristly tubercles , but less harsh than most of the ...
... downy in a young state . Leaves larger than any of the foregoing ; broadly elliptical , with a longer copiously serrated point ; rough on the upper surface , with minute , callous , bristly tubercles , but less harsh than most of the ...
Page 1403
... downy in their earliest stage of growth . Leaves smaller than any of the preceding ( except U. cam- péstris ) , as well as more oblong ; strongly serrated , very unequal at the base , not elongated at the extremity ; their substance ...
... downy in their earliest stage of growth . Leaves smaller than any of the preceding ( except U. cam- péstris ) , as well as more oblong ; strongly serrated , very unequal at the base , not elongated at the extremity ; their substance ...
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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