The Trees of America: Native and Foreign, Pictorially and Botanically Delineated, and Scientifically and Popularly Described ... Illustrated by Numerous EngravingsHarper & brothers, 1851 - 520 páginas |
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... diameter . Its head often forms a perfect cone , placed on a clean , straight 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 ...
... diameter . Its head often forms a perfect cone , placed on a clean , straight 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 ...
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... diameter . It is remarkable that they are produced throughout the summer , whereas , those of all the other species , with the excep- tion of the Magnolia glauca , when planted in moist situations , come forth comparatively at once ...
... diameter . It is remarkable that they are produced throughout the summer , whereas , those of all the other species , with the excep- tion of the Magnolia glauca , when planted in moist situations , come forth comparatively at once ...
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... diameter there cannot be discerned any mark of distinction between the sap and heart - wood , except a deep - brown space about half of an inch in diameter near the centre of the trunk . In general , the utility of the Magnolia ...
... diameter there cannot be discerned any mark of distinction between the sap and heart - wood , except a deep - brown space about half of an inch in diameter near the centre of the trunk . In general , the utility of the Magnolia ...
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... 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 , slender threads , as in most of its congeners ...
... 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 , slender threads , as in most of its congeners ...
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... 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 , have a ...
... 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 , have a ...
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