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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... length , and from three to four inches in breadth . They are always smooth and shining on their upper sides , and perfectly entire on the edges . They vary in form according to the variety to which they belong , being sometimes oblong ...
... length , and from three to four inches in breadth . They are always smooth and shining on their upper sides , and perfectly entire on the edges . They vary in form according to the variety to which they belong , being sometimes oblong ...
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... length , and the roots , like all the species of the magnolia , are branched , and sparingly supplied with fibres . The bark of the trunk is grayish , and of a bitterish taste . The leaves are five or six inches long , petiolated ...
... length , and the roots , like all the species of the magnolia , are branched , and sparingly supplied with fibres . The bark of the trunk is grayish , and of a bitterish taste . The leaves are five or six inches long , petiolated ...
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... length , and from three to five inches in width , are somewhat ovate or cordate , acute , with their under surfaces tomentose , and their upper ones smooth . Its flowers , which are odoriferous , appear in Georgia in April , and are ...
... length , and from three to five inches in width , are somewhat ovate or cordate , acute , with their under surfaces tomentose , and their upper ones smooth . Its flowers , which are odoriferous , appear in Georgia in April , and are ...
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... length of its leaves , and the form of its fruit ; and Indian Physic , because it was much used by the aborigines as medicine . Engravings . Michaux , North American Sylva , pl . 56 ; Loudon , Arboretum Britannicum , v . , pl . 10 ; and ...
... length of its leaves , and the form of its fruit ; and Indian Physic , because it was much used by the aborigines as medicine . Engravings . Michaux , North American Sylva , pl . 56 ; Loudon , Arboretum Britannicum , v . , pl . 10 ; and ...
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... length ; and the height which the tree usually attains in ten years is from ten to fifteen feet . Properties and Uses . The wood of the Magnolia auriculata is soft , spongy , and very light , and when dry , weighs only twenty - four ...
... length ; and the height which the tree usually attains in ten years is from ten to fifteen feet . Properties and Uses . The wood of the Magnolia auriculata is soft , spongy , and very light , and when dry , weighs only twenty - four ...
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