Arboretum Et Fruticetum Britannicum: Or, The Trees and Shrubs of Britain, Native and Foreign, Hardy and Half-hardy, Pictorially and Botanically Delineated, and Scientifically and Popularly Described; with Their Propagation, Culture, Management, and Uses in the Arts, in Useful and Ornamental Plantations, and in Landscape-gardening; Preceded by a Historical and Geographical Outline of the Trees and Shrubs of Temperate Climates Throughout the World, Band 4author, and Sold, 1838 - 8 Seiten |
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... side branches from the head , shortening the leading shoot , and coating the wounds over with a composition , to exclude the air . Dr. Statistics . Recorded Trees . In addition to the remarkable trees recorded by the Greek and Roman ...
... side branches from the head , shortening the leading shoot , and coating the wounds over with a composition , to exclude the air . Dr. Statistics . Recorded Trees . In addition to the remarkable trees recorded by the Greek and Roman ...
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... sides , and of a light or yellowish green , palest on the under side . They are covered with resinous dots , which emit a delightful fragrance when bruised . Ac- cording to Sir W. J. Hooker , the whole " plant diffuses an agreeable ...
... sides , and of a light or yellowish green , palest on the under side . They are covered with resinous dots , which emit a delightful fragrance when bruised . Ac- cording to Sir W. J. Hooker , the whole " plant diffuses an agreeable ...
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... side into rounded and numerous lobes , like those of the ceterach ; and sprinkled with shining dots , like those of the gales . The male cat- kins are oblong and sessile ; female catkins sessile , solitary , lateral , and bristly , with ...
... side into rounded and numerous lobes , like those of the ceterach ; and sprinkled with shining dots , like those of the gales . The male cat- kins are oblong and sessile ; female catkins sessile , solitary , lateral , and bristly , with ...
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... or 3 ft .; and the roots of the pine trees , on the side next the casuarina , should be cut off annually with a spade . As the casuarina in- creases in size , the pines or firs surrounding it. CHAP . CX . 2061 CASUARA CEE .
... or 3 ft .; and the roots of the pine trees , on the side next the casuarina , should be cut off annually with a spade . As the casuarina in- creases in size , the pines or firs surrounding it. CHAP . CX . 2061 CASUARA CEE .
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... side , and to increase its power of resisting cold and wind , as it increases in size . Ultimately , a space of such dimensions might be left round it as to admit of a spectator looking at the top of the tree , at an angle of vision of ...
... side , and to increase its power of resisting cold and wind , as it increases in size . Ultimately , a space of such dimensions might be left round it as to admit of a spectator looking at the top of the tree , at an angle of vision of ...
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14 foot 40 years planted Abiétinæ álba Amer appearance bark berries Botanic Garden branches buds Castle catkins cedar Char circumference climate of London colour common juniper cones Conif covered cypress deciduous diameter Dropmore Duke England Engravings evergreen excélsa feet flowers fœm foliage forests France genus glaucous green ground grows growth hardy height Hopetoun House Hort Horticultural Society's Garden Identification imbricated insert introduced Lamb larch leaves length Lindl Lodd Loddiges London male catkins Michaux Michx mountains native North nurseries paragraph headed Pináster pine and fir pinetum Pinus plantations produced Pursh resin roots scales Scotch pine Scotland seedlings seeds sheaths shoots shrub silver fir soil Spec species specimens spruce fir stem stone pine sylvestris Synonymes thick timber transplanted trunk 2 ft turpentine variety Willd wood young trees
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Seite 2084 - Beneath those rugged elms, that yew tree's shade, Where heaves the turf in many a mould'ring heap, Each in his narrow cell for ever laid, The rude forefathers of the hamlet sleep.
Seite 2122 - His spear, to equal which the tallest pine Hewn on Norwegian hills to be the mast Of some great ammiral, were but a wand.
Seite 2122 - His praise, ye Winds, that from four quarters blow, Breathe soft or loud ; and, wave your tops, ye Pines, With every plant, in sign of worship wave. Fountains, and ye that warble, as ye flow, Melodious murmurs, warbling tune his praise. Join voices all ye living Souls: Ye Birds, That singing up to Heaven-gate ascend, Bear on your wings and in your notes his praise.
Seite 2084 - But worthier still of note Are those fraternal Four of Borrowdale, Joined in one solemn and capacious grove ; Huge trunks ! and each particular trunk a growth Of intertwisted fibres serpentine Up-coiling, and inveterately convolved...
Seite 2404 - All the fowls of heaven made their nests in his boughs, and under his branches did all the beasts of the field bring forth their young, and under his shadow dwelt all great nations.
Seite 2084 - He gathers all the parish there ; Points out the place of either yew, Here Baucis, there Philemon, grew : Till once a parson of our town, ' To mend his barn, cut Baucis down ; At which, 'tis hard to be...
Seite 2084 - There is a Yew-tree, pride of Lorton Vale, Which to this day stands single, in the midst Of its own darkness, as it stood of yore : Not loth to furnish weapons for the bands Of Umfraville or Percy ere they marched To Scotland's heaths ; or those that crossed the sea And drew their sounding bows at Azincour, Perhaps at earlier Crecy, or Poictiers.
Seite 2083 - Midst skulls and coffins, epitaphs and worms: Where light-heel'd ghosts, and visionary shades, Beneath the wan cold moon (as fame reports) Embodied, thick, perform their mystic rounds. No other merriment, dull tree, is thine.
Seite 2412 - L'homme superbe est renversé, Ses propres flèches l'ont percé. UNE AUTRE. J'ai vu l'impie adoré sur la terre; Pareil au cèdre, il cachait dans les cieux Son front audacieux; II semblait à son gré gouverner le tonnerre, Foulait aux pieds ses ennemis vaincus : Je n'ai fait que passer, il n'était déjà plus.
Seite 2404 - Behold, the Assyrian was a cedar in Lebanon with fair branches, and with a shadowing shroud, and of an high stature; and his top was among the thick boughs. The waters made him great, the deep set him up on high with her rivers running round about his plants, and sent out her little rivers unto all the trees of the field.