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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... probably in Hindoostan . No tree of this genus has hitherto been found indigenous to Europe , Africa , South America , nor Australia ; and the geographical range of the order Magnoliaceæ in America and Asia is compara- tively limited ...
... probably in Hindoostan . No tree of this genus has hitherto been found indigenous to Europe , Africa , South America , nor Australia ; and the geographical range of the order Magnoliaceæ in America and Asia is compara- tively limited ...
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... probably extend three or four feet the first season , will soon form a handsome tree . If the Exmouth variety ( M. g . exoniensis ) of this species be made choice of , layers will produce flowers in a year or two after being separated ...
... probably extend three or four feet the first season , will soon form a handsome tree . If the Exmouth variety ( M. g . exoniensis ) of this species be made choice of , layers will produce flowers in a year or two after being separated ...
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... probably con- tains an essential oil , or a variety of camphor . The bark , seeds , and cones , are employed in tincture , in chronic rheumatism . That from the cones is very bitter , and is sometimes used to cure coughs and pectoral ...
... probably con- tains an essential oil , or a variety of camphor . The bark , seeds , and cones , are employed in tincture , in chronic rheumatism . That from the cones is very bitter , and is sometimes used to cure coughs and pectoral ...
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... probably from the resemblance which the points of the shoots bear to the horns of the elk . The French names merely signify Umbrella - tree , and the German ones , the Three - petaled Beaver- tree or Magnolia . Engravings . Michaux ...
... probably from the resemblance which the points of the shoots bear to the horns of the elk . The French names merely signify Umbrella - tree , and the German ones , the Three - petaled Beaver- tree or Magnolia . Engravings . Michaux ...
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... probably from the large proportion which the pith bears to the ligneous part of the shoots . It will root by layers with great difficulty ; but plants so raised , from the want of vigour , will probably not be of long duration . The ...
... probably from the large proportion which the pith bears to the ligneous part of the shoots . It will root by layers with great difficulty ; but plants so raised , from the want of vigour , will probably not be of long duration . The ...
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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