Handbook of Hardy Trees, Shrubs, and Herbaceous Plants: Containing Descriptions, Native Countries, Etc. of a Selection of the Best Species in Cultivation |
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Pàgina xxi
... larger proportion in cultivation are natives of the Alps proper and the Pyrenees . Returning to the plains , North ... large number of our familiar perennials ; and , if we include North Africa and Asia Minor , we have a considerable ...
... larger proportion in cultivation are natives of the Alps proper and the Pyrenees . Returning to the plains , North ... large number of our familiar perennials ; and , if we include North Africa and Asia Minor , we have a considerable ...
Pàgina 2
... large order dispersed all over the world , not rare in the tropics . Many species are acrid , and some highly poisonous , especially the Aconites . TRIBE I ... larger flowers . This species is a native of 2 Ranunculacea - Clematis .
... large order dispersed all over the world , not rare in the tropics . Many species are acrid , and some highly poisonous , especially the Aconites . TRIBE I ... larger flowers . This species is a native of 2 Ranunculacea - Clematis .
Pàgina 3
... large solitary reddish - violet flowers about 2 inches across ; sepals broadly lanceolate and strongly nerved . A very hardy plant , now replaced by some of the larger - flowered garden hybrids of recent production . A late bloomer ...
... large solitary reddish - violet flowers about 2 inches across ; sepals broadly lanceolate and strongly nerved . A very hardy plant , now replaced by some of the larger - flowered garden hybrids of recent production . A late bloomer ...
Pàgina 6
... large genus , whose species are chiefly confined to the northern hemisphere . A few reach South America and South Africa ... larger sky - blue flowers . Leaves hairy. Fig . 4. Anemone Hepatica . ( nat . size . ) Fig . 6. Anemone elegans ...
... large genus , whose species are chiefly confined to the northern hemisphere . A few reach South America and South Africa ... larger sky - blue flowers . Leaves hairy. Fig . 4. Anemone Hepatica . ( nat . size . ) Fig . 6. Anemone elegans ...
Pàgina 8
... larger deep crimson flowers with obovate sepals . A. pavonina is an abnormal variety of the same plant , in which the sepals are very narrow and numerous , of a bright scarlet or rosy pink colour . A native of the South of Europe ...
... larger deep crimson flowers with obovate sepals . A. pavonina is an abnormal variety of the same plant , in which the sepals are very narrow and numerous , of a bright scarlet or rosy pink colour . A native of the South of Europe ...
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Handbook of Hardy Trees, Shrubs, and Herbaceous Plants: Containing ... William Botting Hemsley Visualització completa - 1873 |
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1-celled 1-seeded 5-lobed alternate annual anthers Asia axillary baccate base beautiful berries blue flowers bracteate bracts branches bright Calyx campanulate Capsule Carpels catkins clusters coloured common cordate coriaceous corolla corymbs crimson Crown 8vo cultivation cymes deciduous dense distinct dwarf Edition erect evergreen feet high fleshy flower-heads foliage foot high fragrant fronds Fruit gardens genera genus glabrous glaucous green habit hairy handsome herbaceous herbs hybrid imbricated inches high inches long involucre lanceolate leaflets leaves lilac linear lobed narrow native of North nearly North America numerous oblong ornamental ovary ovate panicles peduncles perennial perianth petals petioles pink pinnate pinnules plant purple purplish racemes racemose rarely regions rose scarlet seeds segments Sepals sessile showy shrubby shrubs simple slender small tree soil solitary South of Europe species spikes Stamens stems Summer temperate tender terminal toothed tropical tufted umbellate usually variegated varieties violet white flowers whorled yellow flowers
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