The Trees of America; Native and Foreign, Pictorially and Botanically Delineated, and Scientifically and Popularly DescribedHarper & brothers, 1857 - 520 páginas |
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... nearly a century old , which frequently ripened their seeds . In France , and southern Europe generally , this species is not very abundant , from the great heat of the summers , and the general dryness of the air . At Ver- sailles and ...
... nearly a century old , which frequently ripened their seeds . In France , and southern Europe generally , this species is not very abundant , from the great heat of the summers , and the general dryness of the air . At Ver- sailles and ...
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... nearly double these dimensions . The trunk is covered with a smooth and very white bark , by which , in winter , when stripped of its leaves , it is readily distinguished . At this season , also , it may be known by its buds , which are ...
... nearly double these dimensions . The trunk is covered with a smooth and very white bark , by which , in winter , when stripped of its leaves , it is readily distinguished . At this season , also , it may be known by its buds , which are ...
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... nearly orbiculate , and cordate - acuminate . The flowers , which open in May , are five or six inches in diameter ... nearly an inch in diameter . They are cylindrical , and often a little larger at the summit than at the base . They ...
... nearly orbiculate , and cordate - acuminate . The flowers , which open in May , are five or six inches in diameter ... nearly an inch in diameter . They are cylindrical , and often a little larger at the summit than at the base . They ...
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... nearly resembles the type of this species . It is found growing in insulated situations on the banks of the rivers in upper Georgia , and on those of the streams which traverse the western part of South Carolina . It appears to have ...
... nearly resembles the type of this species . It is found growing in insulated situations on the banks of the rivers in upper Georgia , and on those of the streams which traverse the western part of South Carolina . It appears to have ...
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... nearly as hardy as the American magnolias , and is now most extensively cultivated in the nurseries of Britain , continental Europe , and the United States . It flowers freely every year , as a standard in the neighbour- hood of London ...
... nearly as hardy as the American magnolias , and is now most extensively cultivated in the nurseries of Britain , continental Europe , and the United States . It flowers freely every year , as a standard in the neighbour- hood of London ...
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abundance Acer acuminate ambitus American Elm ANGLO-AMERICA appear apple Arboretum Britannicum attained the height attains a height bark beautiful 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 green 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