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Pàgina 2110
... pine and the larch ; but in favourable situations , both in Germany and Switzerland , these species are exceeded in this respect by the silver fir ; in Spain by the pinaster ; and in North America by the Weymouth pine . The greater ...
... pine and the larch ; but in favourable situations , both in Germany and Switzerland , these species are exceeded in this respect by the silver fir ; in Spain by the pinaster ; and in North America by the Weymouth pine . The greater ...
Pàgina 2111
... pine forest consisting more exclusively of pines , than an oak forest does of oaks , or a forest consisting principally of any other kind of deciduous tree does of that from which it takes its name . The nearest to the Abiétinæ in ...
... pine forest consisting more exclusively of pines , than an oak forest does of oaks , or a forest consisting principally of any other kind of deciduous tree does of that from which it takes its name . The nearest to the Abiétinæ in ...
Pàgina 2112
... pine and fir mentioned by most of the early Greek and Roman writers . Theophrastus speaks of the pines of Mount Ida , which possessed such a superabundance of resin , that the wood , bark , and even the roots , were completely saturated ...
... pine and fir mentioned by most of the early Greek and Roman writers . Theophrastus speaks of the pines of Mount Ida , which possessed such a superabundance of resin , that the wood , bark , and even the roots , were completely saturated ...
Pàgina 2113
... pine - apple , has been transferred to the fruit of the ananas , from its resemblance in shape to the cone of the pine . In more modern times , we find accounts of immense forests of pines and firs in different countries , but those of ...
... pine - apple , has been transferred to the fruit of the ananas , from its resemblance in shape to the cone of the pine . In more modern times , we find accounts of immense forests of pines and firs in different countries , but those of ...
Pàgina 2115
... pine and fir forests ; though but little use can be made of the timber of most of them , except for local pur- poses , from the great difficulty of transporting the trees to the sea , or to a navi- gable river . In the year 1810 , when ...
... pine and fir forests ; though but little use can be made of the timber of most of them , except for local pur- poses , from the great difficulty of transporting the trees to the sea , or to a navi- gable river . In the year 1810 , when ...
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Arboretum Et Fruticetum Britannicum: Or ..., Part 162,Volum 4 -Part 168,Volum 4 John Claudius Loudon Visualització completa - 1838 |
Arboretum Et Fruticetum Britannicum: Or, The Trees and Shrubs of ..., Volum 4 John Claudius Loudon Visualització completa - 1838 |
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Passatges populars
Pàgina 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.
Pàgina 2084 - 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. Of vast circumference, and gloom profound This solitary Tree ! a living thing 10 Produced too slowly ever to decay ; Of form and aspect too magnificent To be destroyed.
Pàgina 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...
Pàgina 2418 - 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. His boughs were multiplied, and his branches became long. The fir trees were not like his boughs, nor the chestnut trees like his branches, nor any tree in the garden of God like unto him in beauty."* In England the Cedar of Lebanon appears to have become quite naturalized.
Pàgina 2412 - These, however, from their size and general appearance, may be fairly presumed to have existed in Biblical times. Around these ancient witnesses of ages long since past there still remains a little grove of yellower Cedars, appearing to me to form a group of 1 Irby and Mangles.
Pàgina 2171 - Millions of Spirits for his fault amerced* Of Heaven, and from eternal splendours flung For his revolt; yet faithful how they stood, Their glory withered: as when Heaven's fire Hath scathed the forest oaks, or mountain pines, With singed top their stately growth though bare Stands on the blasted heath.
Pàgina 2138 - When these tremendous fires are once in motion, or at least when the flames extend over a few miles of the forest, the surrounding air becomes highly rarefied, and the wind naturally increases to a hurricane.
Pàgina 2174 - Bothnia everywhere appeared of the grandest character, surrounded by noble forests, whose tall trees, flourishing luxuriantly, covered the soil quite down to the water's edge. From the most southern parts of Westro-Bothnia to the northern extremity of the gulf the inhabitants are occupied in the manufacture of tar, proofs of which are visible along the whole extent of the coast.
Pàgina 2230 - ... a longer stem. But as it attains maturity, its picturesque form increases fast. Its lengthening stem assumes commonly an easy sweep. It seldom indeed deviates much from a straight line, but that gentle deviation is very graceful, and above all other lines difficult to imitate. If accidentally either the stem or any of the larger branches take a larger sweep than usual, that sweep seldom fails to be graceful. It is also among the beauties of the stone pine, that, as the lateral branches decay,...
Pàgina 2174 - During this combustion, the tar exudes ; and a cast-iron pan being at the bottom of the funnel, with a spout, which projects through the side of the bank, barrels are placed beneath this spout, to collect the fluid as it comes away.