The Trees of America; Native and Foreign, Pictorially and Botanically Delineated, and Scientifically and Popularly DescribedHarper & brothers, 1857 - 520 páginas |
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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 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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... less globose , with an acid and bitter pulp . This tree is somewhat smaller than those of the preceding varieties , having broader leaves , and larger and sweeter scented flowers . It is called bigaradier by the French , and melangolo ...
... less globose , with an acid and bitter pulp . This tree is somewhat smaller than those of the preceding varieties , having broader leaves , and larger and sweeter scented flowers . It is called bigaradier by the French , and melangolo ...
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... less than those of the orange . The mala medica of the Romans , which is mentioned by Virgil , and afterwards by Palladio and others ; the kitron of the Greeks ; and the citrus of Josephus , were all understood to mean the same fruit ...
... less than those of the orange . The mala medica of the Romans , which is mentioned by Virgil , and afterwards by Palladio and others ; the kitron of the Greeks ; and the citrus of Josephus , were all understood to mean the same fruit ...
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... less adapted to the production of the orange ; the sea - coast is barren , the interior is dreary , and over the whole , the " pestilent malaria " creeps , forbidding man to approach , even for the cultivation of the fields . In the ...
... less adapted to the production of the orange ; the sea - coast is barren , the interior is dreary , and over the whole , the " pestilent malaria " creeps , forbidding man to approach , even for the cultivation of the fields . In the ...
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