The Trees of America: Native and Foreign, Pictorially and Botanically Delineated, and Scientifically and Popularly Described. Illustrated by Numerous EngravingsHarper, 1846 - 520 páginas |
Dentro del libro
Resultados 1-5 de 99
Página 5
... green leaves . Propagation and Management . The Magnolia grandiflora may be raised from the seed ; but , as plants so originated do not flower for twenty or thirty years after being planted out , it is preferable to have those which ...
... green leaves . Propagation and Management . The Magnolia grandiflora may be raised from the seed ; but , as plants so originated do not flower for twenty or thirty years after being planted out , it is preferable to have those which ...
Página 7
... green , alluding to the colour of the leaves . It is named Swamp Sassafras on account of its growing in boggy grounds , and resembling some of the qualities of the Laurus sassafras ; and Beaver - tree , because the root is eaten as a ...
... green , alluding to the colour of the leaves . It is named Swamp Sassafras on account of its growing in boggy grounds , and resembling some of the qualities of the Laurus sassafras ; and Beaver - tree , because the root is eaten as a ...
Página 20
... green - house , or conservatory plant . Within the last twenty years , it has been discovered to be nearly as hardy as the American magnolias , and is now most extensively cultivated in the nurseries of Britain , continental Europe ...
... green - house , or conservatory plant . Within the last twenty years , it has been discovered to be nearly as hardy as the American magnolias , and is now most extensively cultivated in the nurseries of Britain , continental Europe ...
Página 22
... green ; flowers large , more or less purple without , and always white within ; put forth in March , April or May , but do not fully expand till a day or two before they drop off . The bark , when bruised , has an aromatic odour ...
... green ; flowers large , more or less purple without , and always white within ; put forth in March , April or May , but do not fully expand till a day or two before they drop off . The bark , when bruised , has an aromatic odour ...
Página 25
... green colour . They are divided into three lobes , of which the middle one is horizontally notched at its summit , and the two lower ones rounded at the base . This conformation is peculiar to this tree , and thereby renders it distin ...
... green colour . They are divided into three lobes , of which the middle one is horizontally notched at its summit , and the two lower ones rounded at the base . This conformation is peculiar to this tree , and thereby renders it distin ...
Otras ediciones - Ver todas
Términos y frases comunes
abundance Acer acuminate ambitus American Elm ANGLO-AMERICA appear apple Arboretum Britannicum attained the height attains a height bark beautiful berries botanic branches Britain BRITAIN AND ANGLO-AMERICA buds Calyx Candolle carpels Cerasus cherry colour common corymbs Crataegus cultivated deciduous derived Drupe England Engravings Europe European European Ash feet in diameter feet in height Field Elm flavour flowers foliage France French fruit garden genus Geography and History GERMANY glabrous grafting ground growing growth inches in diameter insects introduced into Britain Italy larvæ leaves LINNEUS locust Loudon Magnolia maple Michaux Miller's Dict mulberry native nearly North American Sylva numerous orange ornamental petals petioles planted Prodromus produced propagated racemes resembling ripens roots season seeds serrated shoots shrub situations smooth soil sometimes Species Plantarum Specific Characters Stamens Synonymes Syst thirty feet TORREY AND GRAY tree trunk tulip-tree Ulmus variety vine wild wood yellow young