 | William Gilpin - Forests and forestry - 1834 - 432 pages
...there are two principal kinds : a smooth sort, which spreads like a scurf over the bark ; and a rougher sort, which hangs in little rich knots and fringes,...Intermixed with these mosses you often find a species perfectly white. Before I was acquainted with it, I have sometimes thought the tree white-washed. Here... | |
 | John Claudius Loudon - Botany - 1838 - 794 pages
...oak, examining the various tints which have enriched its furrowed stem. The genuine bark of an oak is of an ash colour, though it is difficult to distinguish...perfectly white. Before I was acquainted with it, 1 have sometimes thought the tree whitewashed. Here and there, a touch of it gives a lustre to the... | |
 | John Claudius Loudon - Botany - 1838 - 784 pages
...degree, commonly occupies the bole of the beech, though the beauty and brilliancy of it lose rauch when in decay. As the trunk rises, you see the brimstone...perfectly white. Before I was acquainted with it, 1 have sometimes thought the tree whitewashed. Here and there, a touch of it gives a lustre to the... | |
 | Henrietta Wilson - Gardening - 1863 - 218 pages
...bark ; and a rougher sort, which hangs in little rich knots and fringes. I call it a brimstone-hue, by way of general distinction, but it sometimes inclines...Intermixed with these mosses, you often find a species perfectly white. Before I was acquainted with it, I have sometimes thought the tree whitewashed. Here... | |
 | Henrietta Wilson - Gardening - 1863 - 220 pages
...there are two principal kinds,—a smooth sort, which spreads like a scurf over the bark; and a rougher sort, which hangs in little rich knots and fringes. I call it a brimstone-hue, by way of general distinction, but it sometimes inclines to an olive, and sometimes... | |
 | William Gilpin - Forests and forestry - 1883 - 428 pages
...are two principal kinds — a smooth sort, which spreads like a scurf over the bark, and a rougher sort, which hangs in little rich knots and fringes....Intermixed with these mosses you often find a species perfectly white. Before I was acquainted with it I have sometimes thought the tree whitewashed. Here... | |
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The lower parts, about the roots, are often possessed by that green velvet moss, which, in a still greater degree, commonly occupies the bole of the beech, though the beauty and brilliancy of it lose much when in decay. As the trunk rises, you see the... 