The Trees of America; Native and Foreign, Pictorially and Botanically Delineated, and Scientifically and Popularly DescribedHarper & brothers, 1857 - 520 páginas |
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... sometimes caught by means of it . Michaux tells us that it is felled by them for constructing their dams and houses , in preference to any other tree , on account of the softness of the wood . Engravings . Michaux , North American Sylva ...
... sometimes caught by means of it . Michaux tells us that it is felled by them for constructing their dams and houses , in preference to any other tree , on account of the softness of the wood . Engravings . Michaux , North American Sylva ...
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... sometimes called M. g . sempervirens . Two other varieties are noticed by Pursh , one of which has the under surface of the leaves somewhat silvery , and is called M. g . argentea , and another with longer leaves than usual , called M ...
... sometimes called M. g . sempervirens . Two other varieties are noticed by Pursh , one of which has the under surface of the leaves somewhat silvery , and is called M. g . argentea , and another with longer leaves than usual , called M ...
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... sometimes rises to the height of thirty - five or forty feet , with a diam- eter of five or six inches , it rarely attains this size . The stem is seldom erect , but generally inclined , and rises , from the root in twos or threes . The ...
... sometimes rises to the height of thirty - five or forty feet , with a diam- eter of five or six inches , it rarely attains this size . The stem is seldom erect , but generally inclined , and rises , from the root in twos or threes . The ...
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... sometimes found ovate , nearly orbiculate , and cordate - acuminate . The flowers , which open in May , are five or six inches in diameter . They are bluish , and sometimes white , with a tint of yellow , and emit but a feeble odour ...
... sometimes found ovate , nearly orbiculate , and cordate - acuminate . The flowers , which open in May , are five or six inches in diameter . They are bluish , and sometimes white , with a tint of yellow , and emit but a feeble odour ...
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... sometimes wrapped round with straw ropes ; but it never requires any other protection , even in the climate of Pekin . The tree was first introduced into England by Sir Joseph Banks , in 1789 ; but it was many years before it attracted ...
... sometimes wrapped round with straw ropes ; but it never requires any other protection , even in the climate of Pekin . The tree was first introduced into England by Sir Joseph Banks , in 1789 ; but it was many years before it attracted ...
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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