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 2031
... catkin - like racemes within connate bracteas . Calyx 4 - leaved . Stamens 4.- Female ? Flowers in pendulous catkin - like racemes , within connate bracteas . Calyx connate with the ovary , 2 - toothed . Ovary 1 - celled . Styles 2 ...
... catkin - like racemes within connate bracteas . Calyx 4 - leaved . Stamens 4.- Female ? Flowers in pendulous catkin - like racemes , within connate bracteas . Calyx connate with the ovary , 2 - toothed . Ovary 1 - celled . Styles 2 ...
Pàgina 2032
... catkins , that are sessile upon pendulous rachises , 2 generally upon a rachis ; the flowers of each sex upon a separate rachis , produced from a separate bud.- Catkin of male flowers constituted of minute , rather fleshy , persistent ...
... catkins , that are sessile upon pendulous rachises , 2 generally upon a rachis ; the flowers of each sex upon a separate rachis , produced from a separate bud.- Catkin of male flowers constituted of minute , rather fleshy , persistent ...
Pàgina 2033
... catkins transversely cut , so as to show the position of the flowers on the orbicular receptacle ; b shows a section of the female catkin in seed ; c , a scale and pistil ; d , stamen and scale ; e , the longitudinal section of a seed ...
... catkins transversely cut , so as to show the position of the flowers on the orbicular receptacle ; b shows a section of the female catkin in seed ; c , a scale and pistil ; d , stamen and scale ; e , the longitudinal section of a seed ...
Pàgina 2035
... catkins , from two to five on an axillary peduncle , which is sometimes 6 in . long ; the sexes being in distinct cat- kins . These catkins , or balls , vary very much in size , being sometimes 4 in . in circumfe- rence , and sometimes ...
... catkins , from two to five on an axillary peduncle , which is sometimes 6 in . long ; the sexes being in distinct cat- kins . These catkins , or balls , vary very much in size , being sometimes 4 in . in circumfe- rence , and sometimes ...
Pàgina 2041
... catkins , till spring ; either by allowing them to hang on the tree , or by gathering them in autumn , and spreading them out in a dry loft . The general practice is to sow the seeds in autumn , or as soon as gathered , or received from ...
... catkins , till spring ; either by allowing them to hang on the tree , or by gathering them in autumn , and spreading them out in a dry loft . The general practice is to sow the seeds in autumn , or as soon as gathered , or received from ...
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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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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,...