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 xvi
... short sound of the letter i , it is safer to pronounce them as English words , subject of course to the difference in accent . There are seve- ral ways of marking the accented syllable , but the method adopted in this work is as simple ...
... short sound of the letter i , it is safer to pronounce them as English words , subject of course to the difference in accent . There are seve- ral ways of marking the accented syllable , but the method adopted in this work is as simple ...
Pàgina xxxi
... short , herbaceous . Moracea , p . 401 Embryo curved round mealy albumen . Herbs or shrubs Phytolaccacee , p . 387 Perianth tubular , coloured . Herbs or undershrubs Lythrarieæ , p . 195 Carpels solitary or quite separate . Carpels ...
... short , herbaceous . Moracea , p . 401 Embryo curved round mealy albumen . Herbs or shrubs Phytolaccacee , p . 387 Perianth tubular , coloured . Herbs or undershrubs Lythrarieæ , p . 195 Carpels solitary or quite separate . Carpels ...
Pàgina xxxii
... short , not tubular or only slightly so . Leaves lepidote . Shrubs · Eleagnacea , p . 395 Leaves not lepidote . Amaranthaceæ , p . 388 Chenopodiacea , p . 388 • Chenopodiacea , p . 388 Perianth dry and coloured . Herbs Perianth ...
... short , not tubular or only slightly so . Leaves lepidote . Shrubs · Eleagnacea , p . 395 Leaves not lepidote . Amaranthaceæ , p . 388 Chenopodiacea , p . 388 • Chenopodiacea , p . 388 Perianth dry and coloured . Herbs Perianth ...
Pàgina xli
... short hard point . Multi , in compounds , signifies many . Mutabilis . - Changeable . Niger . - Black . Nitidus . Smooth and shining . Nivalis . From snowy regions . Niveus . - Snowy white . Nudus . - Naked . Nutans . - Drooping ...
... short hard point . Multi , in compounds , signifies many . Mutabilis . - Changeable . Niger . - Black . Nitidus . Smooth and shining . Nivalis . From snowy regions . Niveus . - Snowy white . Nudus . - Naked . Nutans . - Drooping ...
Pàgina xlii
... Short and dense in habit . Putamen . - The hard part or shell of stone - fruit , like the Almond . Raceme . A kind of inflorescence in which the pedicellate flowers are ar- ranged singly on a common peduncle . Ex . Ribes , Wallflower ...
... Short and dense in habit . Putamen . - The hard part or shell of stone - fruit , like the Almond . Raceme . A kind of inflorescence in which the pedicellate flowers are ar- ranged singly on a common peduncle . Ex . Ribes , Wallflower ...
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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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