The Trees of America; Native and Foreign, Pictorially and Botanically Delineated, and Scientifically and Popularly DescribedHarper & brothers, 1857 - 520 páginas |
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... half a guinea . It is stated in the " Linnæan Transactions , " vol . x . , that in 1759 , two fine trees about twenty feet in height stood in the American grove , at Goodwood , near the coast of Sussex , that flowered annually ; also ...
... half a guinea . It is stated in the " Linnæan Transactions , " vol . x . , that in 1759 , two fine trees about twenty feet in height stood in the American grove , at Goodwood , near the coast of Sussex , that flowered annually ; also ...
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... half , and when of full size , is an inch in diameter in the widest part . When ripe , the cones are of a reddish - brown , and the seeds , which are of a scarlet colour , burst their cells , and hang down several days by white , lax ...
... half , and when of full size , is an inch in diameter in the widest part . When ripe , the cones are of a reddish - brown , and the seeds , which are of a scarlet colour , burst their cells , and hang down several days by white , lax ...
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... half feet in diameter , in the form of an umbrella . The flowers , which open in May or June , are seven or eight inches in diameter , with large , white , flaccid petals . They are placed on the extremities of the last year's shoots ...
... half feet in diameter , in the form of an umbrella . The flowers , which open in May or June , are seven or eight inches in diameter , with large , white , flaccid petals . They are placed on the extremities of the last year's shoots ...
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... half of its length . The branches spread widely , and ramify but sparingly , with their extremities turned upwards , which circumstances give the tree a peculiar air , so that it may readily be known at a distance , even in winter . The ...
... half of its length . The branches spread widely , and ramify but sparingly , with their extremities turned upwards , which circumstances give the tree a peculiar air , so that it may readily be known at a distance , even in winter . The ...
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... half miles from Louis- ville , Kentucky , which was twenty - two feet and a half in circumference five feet from the ground , and from one hundred and twenty to one hundred and forty feet in height . In 1842 , there was felled from the ...
... half miles from Louis- ville , Kentucky , which was twenty - two feet and a half in circumference five feet from the ground , and from one hundred and twenty to one hundred and forty feet in height . In 1842 , there was felled from the ...
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