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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... short footstalks , sitting near each other , and radiate in regular order , with their margins touching or slightly overlapping each other , like an umbrella . The flowers , which open in April and May , are three or four inches in ...
... short footstalks , sitting near each other , and radiate in regular order , with their margins touching or slightly overlapping each other , like an umbrella . The flowers , which open in April and May , are three or four inches in ...
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... short . - Don , Miller's Dict . & HE Magnolia purpurea is a shrub , from six to twenty feet high ; native of Japan , and introduced into England in 1790 ; propagated by seeds and layers in the gardens of China , Europe , and America ...
... short . - Don , Miller's Dict . & HE Magnolia purpurea is a shrub , from six to twenty feet high ; native of Japan , and introduced into England in 1790 ; propagated by seeds and layers in the gardens of China , Europe , and America ...
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... short petioles , and are alternate , five or six inches in length , and of an elongated form , widening from the base to the summit . They are of a fine texture , and the upper surface is smooth and brilliant . The flowers appear in ...
... short petioles , and are alternate , five or six inches in length , and of an elongated form , widening from the base to the summit . They are of a fine texture , and the upper surface is smooth and brilliant . The flowers appear in ...
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... short of half of this height . According to Dr. William Baldwin , the pawpaw grows spontaneously in the island of Bermuda ; and in Smith's " History of Virginia , " it is stated to have been introduced on that island prior to 1623 ...
... short of half of this height . According to Dr. William Baldwin , the pawpaw grows spontaneously in the island of Bermuda ; and in Smith's " History of Virginia , " it is stated to have been introduced on that island prior to 1623 ...
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... short time , and then partially recover their erect position . This is best seen in warm , dry weather . The cause of this curious action , like that of all other vital phe- nomena , is unknown . All that has been ascertained concerning ...
... short time , and then partially recover their erect position . This is best seen in warm , dry weather . The cause of this curious action , like that of all other vital phe- nomena , is unknown . All that has been ascertained concerning ...
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