The Trees of America; Native and Foreign, Pictorially and Botanically Delineated, and Scientifically and Popularly DescribedHarper & brothers, 1857 - 520 páginas |
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... trunk , resembling a beautiful column ; and , from its dark - green foliage , silvered over with milk - white flowers , it is seen at a great distance . The roots are branched , and yet but sparingly supplied with fibres . The bark of ...
... trunk , resembling a beautiful column ; and , from its dark - green foliage , silvered over with milk - white flowers , it is seen at a great distance . The roots are branched , and yet but sparingly supplied with fibres . The bark of ...
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... trunk . It shot out vigo- rously , at first , but the young shoots , not having had time to ripen , were de- stroyed by the frost . Notwithstanding this check , it again recovered , and after- wards became a fine tree , between twenty ...
... trunk . It shot out vigo- rously , at first , but the young shoots , not having had time to ripen , were de- stroyed by the frost . Notwithstanding this check , it again recovered , and after- wards became a fine tree , between twenty ...
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... trunk is usually crooked , and divided into a great number of divaricating branches . The young shoots are from twelve to eighteen inches in length , and the roots , like all the species of the magnolia , are branched , and sparingly ...
... trunk is usually crooked , and divided into a great number of divaricating branches . The young shoots are from twelve to eighteen inches in length , and the roots , like all the species of the magnolia , are branched , and sparingly ...
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... trunk four feet in circumference . In the garden of Mr. D. Landreth , of Philadelphia , there is also another tree of this species , twenty - five years planted , thirty feet in height , with a trunk a foot in diameter . The largest ...
... trunk four feet in circumference . In the garden of Mr. D. Landreth , of Philadelphia , there is also another tree of this species , twenty - five years planted , thirty feet in height , with a trunk a foot in diameter . The largest ...
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... trunk , the more regular distribution of its branches , and the greater richness of its foliage and flowers , give it a de- cided superiority over that tree , and entitle it to be considered one of the most magnificent pro- ductions of ...
... trunk , the more regular distribution of its branches , and the greater richness of its foliage and flowers , give it a de- cided superiority over that tree , and entitle it to be considered one of the most magnificent pro- ductions of ...
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