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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... spreads over nearly a quarter of an acre of ground . What is very remarkable , the branches of this tree , many years ago , rested their extremities on the soil , rooted into it , and sent up a circle of young shoots , which surrounded ...
... spreads over nearly a quarter of an acre of ground . What is very remarkable , the branches of this tree , many years ago , rested their extremities on the soil , rooted into it , and sent up a circle of young shoots , which surrounded ...
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... spread and impoverish all around them . Evelyn commends the lime for its " unpar- alleled beauty " for walks ; " because , " says he , " it will grow in almost all grounds , lasts long , soon heals its wounds , when pruned , affects ...
... spread and impoverish all around them . Evelyn commends the lime for its " unpar- alleled beauty " for walks ; " because , " says he , " it will grow in almost all grounds , lasts long , soon heals its wounds , when pruned , affects ...
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... spread more loosely , like those of other trees of the forest . The bark is very smooth while the tree is less than six inches in diameter ; but , on old trunks , it becomes thick , and deeply fur- rowed . The leaves are from three to ...
... spread more loosely , like those of other trees of the forest . The bark is very smooth while the tree is less than six inches in diameter ; but , on old trunks , it becomes thick , and deeply fur- rowed . The leaves are from three to ...
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... spread out with the majestic luxuriance of chesnut trees . Each tree , a few years after , upon an average , annually produces from twelve thousand to sixteen thousand oranges , and one instance is recorded of a single tree producing ...
... spread out with the majestic luxuriance of chesnut trees . Each tree , a few years after , upon an average , annually produces from twelve thousand to sixteen thousand oranges , and one instance is recorded of a single tree producing ...
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... spread of the branches of the largest one , was twelve feet in one direction , and nine feet in the other . In 1738 , they were surrounded by a permanent enclosure , like a green- house , and were destroyed by a great frost in the ...
... spread of the branches of the largest one , was twelve feet in one direction , and nine feet in the other . In 1738 , they were surrounded by a permanent enclosure , like a green- house , and were destroyed by a great frost in the ...
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