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, Part 162,Volum 4 -Part 168,Volum 4author, and sold, 1838 |
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Pàgina 2033
... according to Parkinson , first called that the plane tree , from the mistake of Tragus , who fancied , from the broadness of its leaves , that it was the plane tree of the ancients . Description , & c . Lofty deciduous trees , with ...
... according to Parkinson , first called that the plane tree , from the mistake of Tragus , who fancied , from the broadness of its leaves , that it was the plane tree of the ancients . Description , & c . Lofty deciduous trees , with ...
Pàgina 2036
... according to Royle , it extends as far south as Cashmere . ( Illust . ) According to Pallas , it is doubtful whether it is indigenous to Georgia , though there are trees of it there , with trunks 12 ft . in circumference , and of a ...
... according to Royle , it extends as far south as Cashmere . ( Illust . ) According to Pallas , it is doubtful whether it is indigenous to Georgia , though there are trees of it there , with trunks 12 ft . in circumference , and of a ...
Pàgina 2037
... According to the same author , the Lacedemonians gave the name of Plataniste to an island in the Levant , connected by two bridges with the Morea , which was covered with plane trees , and where the young men used to perform their ...
... According to the same author , the Lacedemonians gave the name of Plataniste to an island in the Levant , connected by two bridges with the Morea , which was covered with plane trees , and where the young men used to perform their ...
Pàgina 2040
... according to Riccioli , who wrote in 1651 , it was then employed in ship - building by the Turks . It is said to make beautiful furniture , on account of the smoothness of its grain , and its susceptibility of taking a high polish ...
... according to Riccioli , who wrote in 1651 , it was then employed in ship - building by the Turks . It is said to make beautiful furniture , on account of the smoothness of its grain , and its susceptibility of taking a high polish ...
Pàgina 2046
... according to Michaux , in seasoning becomes of a dull red ; but its grain is fine and close , and it is susceptible of a brighter polish than the wood of the beech , to which it bears considerable resemblance . Its concentric circles ...
... according to Michaux , in seasoning becomes of a dull red ; but its grain is fine and close , and it is susceptible of a brighter polish than the wood of the beech , to which it bears considerable resemblance . Its concentric circles ...
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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 - 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 2408 - 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.
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.
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 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 2084 - Tree ! a living thing Produced too slowly ever to decay ; Of form and aspect too magnificent To be destroyed.
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 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.
Pàgina 2183 - Duke perceived that the plantation required thinning, in order to admit a free circulation of air, and give health and vigour to the young trees. He accordingly gave instructions to his gardener, and directed him as to the mode and extent of the thinning required. The gardener paused, and hesitated, and at length said, — " Your Grace must pardon me if I humbly remonstrate against your orders, but I cannot possibly do what you desire: it would at once destroy the young plantation, and, moreover,...