The Trees of America; Native and Foreign, Pictorially and Botanically Delineated, and Scientifically and Popularly DescribedHarper & brothers, 1857 - 520 páginas |
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... probably be fifteen or twenty feet in height ; but those propagated from layers produce flowers in two or three years . Properties and Uses . The wood of this species is soft and light , weighing , when dry , twenty - six pounds to a ...
... probably be fifteen or twenty feet in height ; but those propagated from layers produce flowers in two or three years . Properties and Uses . The wood of this species is soft and light , weighing , when dry , twenty - six pounds to a ...
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... probably , soon afterwards sent to France ; because we find Madame Lemonnier , the widow of Michaux's patron and friend , describing a tree of this species , in her garden , in 1800 , which was nine feet high , and had already flowered ...
... probably , soon afterwards sent to France ; because we find Madame Lemonnier , the widow of Michaux's patron and friend , describing a tree of this species , in her garden , in 1800 , which was nine feet high , and had already flowered ...
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... probably be more fastigiate than any of its con- geners . This tree , as well as those native of Asia generally , differs from the American species in having two opposite spathe - like bracteas enclosing the flow- er - buds , with ...
... probably be more fastigiate than any of its con- geners . This tree , as well as those native of Asia generally , differs from the American species in having two opposite spathe - like bracteas enclosing the flow- er - buds , with ...
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... probably other trees , adapted to the climate of the United States , that are worthy of cultivation , Aamong which , are the Magnolia insignis , of Dr. Wallich , growing on the mountains of Nepal ; also , the Michelia lanuginosa ...
... probably other trees , adapted to the climate of the United States , that are worthy of cultivation , Aamong which , are the Magnolia insignis , of Dr. Wallich , growing on the mountains of Nepal ; also , the Michelia lanuginosa ...
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... probably intended to express a resem- blance between the fruit of this genus , and that of some species of Orchis . Porcelia is a name given by Ruiz , in honor of Anto- nio Porcel , a Spanish promoter of botany . Uvaria was also applied ...
... probably intended to express a resem- blance between the fruit of this genus , and that of some species of Orchis . Porcelia is a name given by Ruiz , in honor of Anto- nio Porcel , a Spanish promoter of botany . Uvaria was also applied ...
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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