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 1259
... roots , or shoots . 1. B. CAPREOLA TA L. The tendriled Bignonia , or Trumpet Flower . Identification . Lin . Sp . , 870 .; Hort . Cliff , 317 .; Don's Mill . , 4. p . 217 . Engravings . Bot . Mag . , t . 864 .; Breyn . Icon . , 33. t ...
... roots , or shoots . 1. B. CAPREOLA TA L. The tendriled Bignonia , or Trumpet Flower . Identification . Lin . Sp . , 870 .; Hort . Cliff , 317 .; Don's Mill . , 4. p . 217 . Engravings . Bot . Mag . , t . 864 .; Breyn . Icon . , 33. t ...
Page 1260
... roots , like ivy . The flowers are produced at the ends of the 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 ...
... roots , like ivy . The flowers are produced at the ends of the 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 ...
Page 1264
... root , in one season . Astonishing effects might be produced by this plant in a single season , if it were thought ... roots , it would be necessary to supply it with bottom heat early in the season , and with liquid manure from a ...
... root , in one season . Astonishing effects might be produced by this plant in a single season , if it were thought ... roots , it would be necessary to supply it with bottom heat early in the season , and with liquid manure from a ...
Page 1267
... roots smell like potatoes ; and both roots and stalks , upon being chewed , first cause a sensation of bitterness , which is soon followed by a considerable degree of sweetness , whence the specific name . The plant has been in repute ...
... roots smell like potatoes ; and both roots and stalks , upon being chewed , first cause a sensation of bitterness , which is soon followed by a considerable degree of sweetness , whence the specific name . The plant has been in repute ...
Page 1275
... roots had been cut all round , close to the old ball , it was surrounded with a quantity of rotten manure , in consequence of which it grew so vigorously , that , from the middle of May to the end of September , it expanded 1050 flowers ...
... roots had been cut all round , close to the old ball , it was surrounded with a quantity of rotten manure , in consequence of which it grew so vigorously , that , from the middle of May to the end of September , it expanded 1050 flowers ...
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