The Trees of America: Native and Foreign, Pictorially and Botanically Delineated, and Scientifically and Popularly Described. Illustrated by Numerous EngravingsHarper, 1846 - 520 páginas |
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... less introduced into the United States from Europe , and has naturalized itself in waste places , and about cultivated grounds in the northern states , and in the British American provinces . The plant is mentioned by Pliny ; and ...
... less introduced into the United States from Europe , and has naturalized itself in waste places , and about cultivated grounds in the northern states , and in the British American provinces . The plant is mentioned by Pliny ; and ...
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... less sour . It grows on fertile hills , and among rocks , especially in the Alleghany Mountains , and , on the authority of Pursh , it is found in Canada . Torrey and Gray remark that , " This indigenous species , very distinct from the ...
... less sour . It grows on fertile hills , and among rocks , especially in the Alleghany Mountains , and , on the authority of Pursh , it is found in Canada . Torrey and Gray remark that , " This indigenous species , very distinct from the ...
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... less suitable for the narrow , perpendicular forms of the Gothic . For architec- tural gardening it is well adapted , from the patience with which it bears the knife , or the shears . In some of the public gardens in the vicinity of ...
... less suitable for the narrow , perpendicular forms of the Gothic . For architec- tural gardening it is well adapted , from the patience with which it bears the knife , or the shears . In some of the public gardens in the vicinity of ...
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... less vigorous growth than the preceding , and seldom exceeds forty feet in height . The colour of the bark is dark , and the branches are slender . The leaves are smaller , and differ widely in size , according to the exposure in which ...
... less vigorous growth than the preceding , and seldom exceeds forty feet in height . The colour of the bark is dark , and the branches are slender . The leaves are smaller , and differ widely in size , according to the exposure in which ...
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... less than six inches in diameter ; but , on old trunks , it becomes thick , and deeply fur- rowed . The leaves are from three to six inches in length , alternate , oval - acuminate , slightly toothed , and smooth and shining on the ...
... less than six inches in diameter ; but , on old trunks , it becomes thick , and deeply fur- rowed . The leaves are from three to six inches in length , alternate , oval - acuminate , slightly toothed , and smooth and shining on the ...
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