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 1302
... young branches is smooth , and beautifully green ; but , when old , it becomes of " a greyish colour , and is chapped into deep cracks . On cutting into it , it exhibits a dark dull red , a good deal resembling the colour of Peruvian ...
... young branches is smooth , and beautifully green ; but , when old , it becomes of " a greyish colour , and is chapped into deep cracks . On cutting into it , it exhibits a dark dull red , a good deal resembling the colour of Peruvian ...
Page 1356
... young leaves , fresh ones being given as soon as it has eaten what it had before . At this time it frequently appears to sleep , when it should on no account be disturbed . When the silkworm is in its second age , it may be fed with young ...
... young leaves , fresh ones being given as soon as it has eaten what it had before . At this time it frequently appears to sleep , when it should on no account be disturbed . When the silkworm is in its second age , it may be fed with young ...
Page 1381
... young shoots were used by the Romans to feed cattle , and they are still so employed in many parts of France . They have in some places been given to silkworms ; and , in both France and Norway , they are boiled to serve as food for ...
... young shoots were used by the Romans to feed cattle , and they are still so employed in many parts of France . They have in some places been given to silkworms ; and , in both France and Norway , they are boiled to serve as food for ...
Page 1389
... young elm , about 18 ft . high , and 1 ft . in diameter at the surface of the ground . At about 30 in . up the stem , that is , at b , fig.1237 , he says , " I cut out completely round the stem a band , or ring , of bark , about 4 in ...
... young elm , about 18 ft . high , and 1 ft . in diameter at the surface of the ground . At about 30 in . up the stem , that is , at b , fig.1237 , he says , " I cut out completely round the stem a band , or ring , of bark , about 4 in ...
Page 1390
... young trees in that incipient state of decay indicated by M. Audouin as arising from the attacks of the scolyti simply for food ; and great numbers of these in which the females , having found them sufficiently debilitated , had ...
... young trees in that incipient state of decay indicated by M. Audouin as arising from the attacks of the scolyti simply for food ; and great numbers of these in which the females , having found them sufficiently debilitated , had ...
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