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
... green and shining above ; hoary beneath , with simple , twisted , interwoven hairs . ( Lindl . ) This very handsome true evergreen is a native of North Caro- lina , where it was discovered by Douglas . It was introduced in 1828 , and ...
... green and shining above ; hoary beneath , with simple , twisted , interwoven hairs . ( Lindl . ) This very handsome true evergreen is a native of North Caro- lina , where it was discovered by Douglas . It was introduced in 1828 , and ...
Pàgina 2035
... green ; and the under surface paler , and slightly tomentose at the angles of the veins . The flowers are produced in globular catkins , from two to five on an axillary peduncle , which is sometimes 6 in . long ; the sexes being in ...
... green ; and the under surface paler , and slightly tomentose at the angles of the veins . The flowers are produced in globular catkins , from two to five on an axillary peduncle , which is sometimes 6 in . long ; the sexes being in ...
Pàgina 2046
... green platanus 6 in . square weighed 18 lb. 10 oz .; while a piece of beech of the same size only weighed 15 lb. 13 oz . The platanus , in drying , lost 6 lb. 15 oz . , and the beech only 5 lb. 9 oz .; which gives 5 lb. 6 oz . of ...
... green platanus 6 in . square weighed 18 lb. 10 oz .; while a piece of beech of the same size only weighed 15 lb. 13 oz . The platanus , in drying , lost 6 lb. 15 oz . , and the beech only 5 lb. 9 oz .; which gives 5 lb. 6 oz . of ...
Pàgina 2050
... green colour . The leaves are alternate , and on rather long petioles ; they vary in size from 3 in . to 6 in . in diameter ; and they are palmate ; that is , they are divided into five deeply cut lobes , which are finely denticulated ...
... green colour . The leaves are alternate , and on rather long petioles ; they vary in size from 3 in . to 6 in . in diameter ; and they are palmate ; that is , they are divided into five deeply cut lobes , which are finely denticulated ...
Pàgina 2052
... green and glossy surface of its elegantly shaped leaves . When bruised , the leaves are fragrant at all seasons ; but in spring , when they are first un- folding , after a warm shower , the surrounding air is filled with their ...
... green and glossy surface of its elegantly shaped leaves . When bruised , the leaves are fragrant at all seasons ; but in spring , when they are first un- folding , after a warm shower , the surrounding air is filled with their ...
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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,...