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
... smooth white bark , which becomes grey , and peels off length- wise , as the tree gets old . The branches are very brittle , and have but little pith . The leaves are soft , white , and silvery , and , in shape , resemble the Greek A ...
... smooth white bark , which becomes grey , and peels off length- wise , as the tree gets old . The branches are very brittle , and have but little pith . The leaves are soft , white , and silvery , and , in shape , resemble the Greek A ...
Page 1301
... smooth . The red he identifies with the L. , subgenus Euósmus Nutt . , Sassafras L .; and the white or smooth he con- siders a species belonging to the same subgenus , which he calls L. E. álbida Nutt . , and of which he has adduced the ...
... smooth . The red he identifies with the L. , subgenus Euósmus Nutt . , Sassafras L .; and the white or smooth he con- siders a species belonging to the same subgenus , which he calls L. E. álbida Nutt . , and of which he has adduced the ...
Page 1305
... smooth . Anthers unequally 4 - celled . Sexes polygamous . ( Nutt . Gen. , i . p . 259. ) Nuttall adds that this kind grows from 8 ft . to 12 ft . high , and that the branches are flexuous , grey , smooth , and so remarkably divaricated ...
... smooth . Anthers unequally 4 - celled . Sexes polygamous . ( Nutt . Gen. , i . p . 259. ) Nuttall adds that this kind grows from 8 ft . to 12 ft . high , and that the branches are flexuous , grey , smooth , and so remarkably divaricated ...
Page 1331
... smooth , stalked , opposite , entire leaves . Flowers aggregate , from axillary buds , whitish . Fruit green . ( Smith Eng . Fl . , iv . p . 132. ) GENUS I. EUPHORBIA L. THE EUPHORBIA , or SPURGE . Lin . Syst . Monce'cia Monándria ...
... smooth , stalked , opposite , entire leaves . Flowers aggregate , from axillary buds , whitish . Fruit green . ( Smith Eng . Fl . , iv . p . 132. ) GENUS I. EUPHORBIA L. THE EUPHORBIA , or SPURGE . Lin . Syst . Monce'cia Monándria ...
Page 1336
... smooth surface , being previously prepared with powdered white lead mixed with a little water , to make it receive the pencil . The drawing is generally made by one artist , and the engraving executed by another . It is the business of ...
... smooth surface , being previously prepared with powdered white lead mixed with a little water , to make it receive the pencil . The drawing is generally made by one artist , and the engraving executed by another . It is the business of ...
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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