The Trees of America: Native and Foreign, Pictorially and Botanically Delineated, and Scientifically and Popularly Described. Illustrated by Numerous EngravingsHarper, 1846 - 520 páginas |
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... colour is light - green above , and glaucous beneath . The flowers put forth from May to July , and are larger than those of most of its congeners ; for , when fully blown , they are sometimes eight or nine inches in diameter . They are ...
... colour is light - green above , and glaucous beneath . The flowers put forth from May to July , and are larger than those of most of its congeners ; for , when fully blown , they are sometimes eight or nine inches in diameter . They are ...
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... colour , of a fine texture , eight or nine inches long , and from four to six inches broad . On young and vigorous trees , they are often one third , or even one half larger . They are smooth on both sur- faces , acuminate at the summit ...
... colour , of a fine texture , eight or nine inches long , and from four to six inches broad . On young and vigorous trees , they are often one third , or even one half larger . They are smooth on both sur- faces , acuminate at the summit ...
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... coloured Magnolia , in allusion to the colour of the flowers . The German name signifies Red Beaver - tree . Engravings . London Botanical Magazine , pl . 390 ; and Loudon , Arboretum Britannicum , i . , figure 36 . Specific Characters ...
... coloured Magnolia , in allusion to the colour of the flowers . The German name signifies Red Beaver - tree . Engravings . London Botanical Magazine , pl . 390 ; and Loudon , Arboretum Britannicum , i . , figure 36 . Specific Characters ...
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... colour of its timber : Canoe - wood , from the use to which it is applied by the native Indians ; and Saddle - tree , from the form of its leaves . The French and German names are literal translations of Virginian Tulip - tree ...
... colour of its timber : Canoe - wood , from the use to which it is applied by the native Indians ; and Saddle - tree , from the form of its leaves . The French and German names are literal translations of Virginian Tulip - tree ...
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... colour . They are divided into three lobes , of which the middle one is horizontally notched at its summit , and the ... colours , among which , yellow predominates . They have an agreeable odour , and , surrounded by the luxuriant ...
... colour . They are divided into three lobes , of which the middle one is horizontally notched at its summit , and the ... colours , among which , yellow predominates . They have an agreeable odour , and , surrounded by the luxuriant ...
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