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 1288
... female flower ; but , in Britain , in the native species , seeds are scarcely produced from the bisexual flowers . - Female flower . Calyx inferior , deeply divided into two large , flat , equal , or nearly equal , lobes , and so ...
... female flower ; but , in Britain , in the native species , seeds are scarcely produced from the bisexual flowers . - Female flower . Calyx inferior , deeply divided into two large , flat , equal , or nearly equal , lobes , and so ...
Page 1291
... female flower ends in two seg- ments , which fancy may compare to ears , although they more resemble horns : and ... female flowers are less numerous , and mostly upon a lower part of the branch , axillary , and generally two in an axil ...
... female flower ends in two seg- ments , which fancy may compare to ears , although they more resemble horns : and ... female flowers are less numerous , and mostly upon a lower part of the branch , axillary , and generally two in an axil ...
Page 1318
... Female flowers , about three upon a peduncle . ( Willd . Sp . Pl . , iv . p . 1113. ) Peduncle of female flowers long , and for the most part two - flowered . 1197 Nut small , ovate , obtuse , striated . ( Michx . ) A deciduous tree , a ...
... Female flowers , about three upon a peduncle . ( Willd . Sp . Pl . , iv . p . 1113. ) Peduncle of female flowers long , and for the most part two - flowered . 1197 Nut small , ovate , obtuse , striated . ( Michx . ) A deciduous tree , a ...
Page 1319
... female trees are easily distinguished by their general appearance when the leaves have fallen . The branches of the male are more compressed about the trunk , and rise in a direction more nearly perpendicular ; those of the female ...
... female trees are easily distinguished by their general appearance when the leaves have fallen . The branches of the male are more compressed about the trunk , and rise in a direction more nearly perpendicular ; those of the female ...
Page 1321
... Female flower . Calyx tubular , cloven at the top , including the ovary , and becom- ing eventually succulent . Ovary of 1 cell . Ovule 1. Style short . Stigma long , with a longitudinal furrow . Fruit consisting of a polished achenium ...
... Female flower . Calyx tubular , cloven at the top , including the ovary , and becom- ing eventually succulent . Ovary of 1 cell . Ovule 1. Style short . Stigma long , with a longitudinal furrow . Fruit consisting of a polished achenium ...
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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