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 2034
... height , with small deeply cut leaves . It may be useful in small gardens , or miniature arbo- retums , as affording a specimen of the genus . There is a young tree of this kind in the Horticultural Society's Garden , of which the plate ...
... height , with small deeply cut leaves . It may be useful in small gardens , or miniature arbo- retums , as affording a specimen of the genus . There is a young tree of this kind in the Horticultural Society's Garden , of which the plate ...
Pàgina 2035
... height of 30 ft . in ten years , and arriving at the height of 60 ft . or 70 ft . in 30 years . The longevity of the tree was supposed , by the ancients , to be considerable ; but there are very few old trees in Britain . One of the ...
... height of 30 ft . in ten years , and arriving at the height of 60 ft . or 70 ft . in 30 years . The longevity of the tree was supposed , by the ancients , to be considerable ; but there are very few old trees in Britain . One of the ...
Pàgina 2042
... height , and as being covered with rich and luxuriant foliage . The plane tree at Lee Court is mentioned by Evelyn as having been seen by him on September 16. 1683 . A portrait of this tree was published by Strutt , in his Sylva ...
... height , and as being covered with rich and luxuriant foliage . The plane tree at Lee Court is mentioned by Evelyn as having been seen by him on September 16. 1683 . A portrait of this tree was published by Strutt , in his Sylva ...
Pàgina 2043
... height of 70 ft . or 80 ft .; with a widely spreading head . It flowers in May ; and ripens its seeds in October ... height of 40 ft .; and a tree in the Palace Garden at Lambeth , near a pond , in 20 years had at- 1960 tained the height ...
... height of 70 ft . or 80 ft .; with a widely spreading head . It flowers in May ; and ripens its seeds in October ... height of 40 ft .; and a tree in the Palace Garden at Lambeth , near a pond , in 20 years had at- 1960 tained the height ...
Pàgina 2044
... height . A tree in the Chelsea Botanic Garden , planted by Miller , in a con- fined situation , but having its roots within reach of the Thames , is estimated at upwards of 115 ft . in height , with a trunk nearly 5 ft . in diameter at ...
... height . A tree in the Chelsea Botanic Garden , planted by Miller , in a con- fined situation , but having its roots within reach of the Thames , is estimated at upwards of 115 ft . in height , with a trunk nearly 5 ft . in diameter at ...
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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,...