First additional supplement to Loudon's Encyclopædia of plants; revised by G. Don |
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3-lobed 5-cleft acumin acute Amer Anther anthos ap.my apex axill base Benth botanist Brac Bract Bracteas Bran Brazil Californ Calyx campanulate Capsule Carpels Chile ciliated clthd column Comp connate Corolla Corymbs flowers Flws fruit genus glabr glabrous gland glauc Graminaceæ hairy Holl Hook Hort increased by cuttings Introduced in 1820 jl.au jn.au jn.jl Labellum lanceol Lflts limb Lindl linear loam Lobes many-flwd Mexico Miscellaneous Particulars mucron my.jl my.jn native Nepal oblong obovate obtuse Orch Ovarium ovate p.l Bot p.r.w Bot panicled peat Pedic Pedun Perianth Petals petiol pilose plant Pollen masses Propagation pubes pubescent Racemes s.p Bot Scape Seeds Segms Sepals serrat sess sessile short shrub solit somewh species Stam Stamens Stigma Stip stove subulate termin toment toothed tree Tube of cor Umbel upper villous
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Page 1137 - Encyclopaedia of Plants : Comprising the Specific Character, Description, Culture, History, Application in the Arts, and every other desirable Particular respecting all the Plants found in Great Britain.
Page 1277 - Cainito] ; its oblong, pointed, coriaceous, and alternate leaves are about ten inches long, and marked with lateral nerves, that are parallel, and project beneath. The flower we had no opportunity of seeing ; the fruit is somewhat fleshy, and contains one or two kernels. Incisions, made in the trunk of the tree, are followed by a profuse flow of gluey and thickish milk, destitute of acridity, and exhaling a very agreeable balsamic odour.
Page 1252 - language of flowers' is understood by all, the Orchidaceae seem to compose nearly the entire alphabet. Not an infant is baptised, not a marriage is celebrated, not a funeral obsequy is performed, at which the aid of these flowers is not called in by the sentimental natives, to assist the expression of their feelings ; they are offered by the devotee at the shrine of his favourite saint, by the lover at the feet of his mistress, and by the sorrowing survivor at the grave of his friend...
Page 1252 - ... sentimental natives, to assist the expression of their feelings ; they are offered by the devotee at the shrine of his favourite saint, by the lover at the feet of his mistress, and by the sorrowing survivor at the grave of his friend : whether, in short, on fast days or feast days, on occasion of rejoicing or in moments of distress, these flowers are sought for with an avidity which would seem to say that there was ' no sympathy like theirs;' — thus,
Page 1252 - Orchidaceae in pots should be sparingly watered in the growing season ; in the dormant state little or no water should be given. The secret of growing these plants is to take care never to kill the old roots ; when too much water is given while the plants are not in a growing state, almost all the old roots invariably perish.
Page 1299 - ... less than 200 years. We have but just introduced the Deodara into the United States, and can therefore say little of its growth or beauty here, though we have little doubt that it will prove one of the noblest evergreen trees for our pleasure grounds. Loudon says, " the specimens in England are yet small ; but the feathery lightness of its spreading branches, and the beautiful glaucous hue of its leaves, render it, even when young, one of the most ornamental of the coniferous trees...
Page 1252 - Flor de Maio,' ' No me Elvides' (or forget me not), are but a few names out of the many that might be cited to prove the high consideration in which our favourites are held in the New World. Nor are these the only...
Page 1252 - Hernandez assures us that, in Mexico, the Indian chiefs set the very highest value on their blossoms, for the sake of their great beauty, strange figure, and delightful perfume ; while, in the East Indies, if Rumphius is to be credited, the flowers themselves positively refuse to be worn, except by princesses or ladies of high rank.
Page 1277 - Cow-tree, and we were assured that the negroes on the farm, who are in the habit of drinking large quantities of this vegetable milk, consider it as highly nutritive, an assertion which startled us the more as almost all lactescent vegetable fluids are acrid, bitter, and more or less poisonous. Experience, however, proved to us, during our residence at Barbula, that the virtues of the Cow-tree, or Palo de Vaca, have not been exaggerated.
Page 1252 - Not an infant is baptised, not a marriage is celebrated, not a funeral obsequy performed at which the aid of these flowers is not called in by the sentimental natives to assist the expression of their feelings. They are offered by the devotee at the shrine of his favourite saint, by the lover at the feet of his mistress, and by the sorrowing survivor at the grave of his friend ; whether, in short, on fast days or feast days, on occasions of rejoicing or in moments of distress, these flowers are sought...