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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... growth of the head . If the plant does not grow freely after it has been three or four years planted , it ought to be bent down to the ground , and kept in that position until it throws up one strong shoot from the collar . The old stem ...
... growth of the head . If the plant does not grow freely after it has been three or four years planted , it ought to be bent down to the ground , and kept in that position until it throws up one strong shoot from the collar . The old stem ...
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... growth of this tree in its native country , are the declivities of mountains , narrow valleys , and the banks of torrents , where the air is constantly moist , and the soil is deep and fertile . To attain a large size , when cultivated ...
... growth of this tree in its native country , are the declivities of mountains , narrow valleys , and the banks of torrents , where the air is constantly moist , and the soil is deep and fertile . To attain a large size , when cultivated ...
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... growth . Plants raised from seeds do not usually produce flow- ers till they are eight or ten years old , when the tree will probably be fifteen or twenty feet in height ; but those propagated from layers produce flowers in two or three ...
... growth . Plants raised from seeds do not usually produce flow- ers till they are eight or ten years old , when the tree will probably be fifteen or twenty feet in height ; but those propagated from layers produce flowers in two or three ...
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... is in pro- portion to the size and age of the tree . In the development of its leaves it differs from most other trees . The leaf - buds , in general , are composed of scales closely imbricated , which in spring are distended by the growth.
... is in pro- portion to the size and age of the tree . In the development of its leaves it differs from most other trees . The leaf - buds , in general , are composed of scales closely imbricated , which in spring are distended by the growth.
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... growth , it retains the two scales which composed the envelope , and which are now called stipules . In spring , when the weather is warm and humid , the growth of the leaves is very rapid . They are six or eight inches broad , borne on ...
... growth , it retains the two scales which composed the envelope , and which are now called stipules . In spring , when the weather is warm and humid , the growth of the leaves is very rapid . They are six or eight inches broad , borne on ...
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