Arboretum Et Fruticetum Britannicum: Or, The Trees and Shrubs of Britain, Native and Foreign, Hardy and Half-hardy, Pictorially and Botanically Delineated, and Scientifically and Popularly Described; with Their Propagation, Culture, Management, and Uses in the Arts, in Useful and Ornamental Plantations, and in Landscape Gardening; Preceded by a Historical and Geographical Outline of the Trees and Shrubs of Temperate Climates Throughout the World, Volume 1 |
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Abies Acer acuminata álba Amer Andrómeda angustifolia arboretum Azalea Bauh Bishop Compton Botanic Garden botanist Britain Caprifolium Catalogue cedar Chêne Crataegus cultivated deciduous Desf diameter Don's Mill Earl England Erica evergreen excélsa excélsior Flora flowers fœm foliis folio foreign trees France full-grown tree G. R. Lewis Gard Gerard German glaúca Greece H. W. Jukes Half-hardy height History Hort Hortus indigenous introduced J. C. Loudon Jeune Juglans latifolia ligneous Lindl Lodd Loddiges Lond London Magnolia Michx Miss M. L. Nepal nigra North America North America fig Nursery Paris péndula Pine Pinus Plantarum plants Portugal Pursh Quércus Rhododendron rùbra Scotland seeds South of Europe specimens Suppl sweet chestnut Syon House tanist Thunb Tourn Tradescant trees and shrubs trunk tulip tree Varieties Viburnum vols vulgàris Willd Willow
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Page 461 - There's fennel for you, and columbines; there's rue for you; and here's some for me; we may call it herb of grace o' Sundays. O, you must wear your rue with a difference. There's a daisy; I would give you some violets, but they withered all when my father died. They say he made a good end, — (sings) For bonny sweet Robin is all my joy.
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Page 243 - Of all the trees of North America, east of the Mississippi, the big laurel is the most remarkable for the majesty of its form, the magnificence of its foliage, and the beauty of its flowers. It claims a place among the largest trees of the United States...
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Page 265 - ... broad, borne on long petioles, alternate, somewhat fleshy, smooth, and of a pleasing green colour. They are divided into three lobes ; of which the middle one is horizontally notched at its summit, and the two lower ones are rounded at the base.
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Page 389 - Some persons recommend leaving the syrup twelve hours before boiling it for the last time ; others proceed with it immediately. In either case the boilers are only half filled, and by an active, steady heat the liquor is rapidly reduced to the proper consistency for being poured into the moulds. The evaporation is known to have proceeded far enough when, upon rubbing a drop of the syrup between the fingers, it is perceived to be granular. If it is in danger of boiling over, a bit of lard or of butter...
Page 389 - The evaporation is kept up by a brisk fire, and the scum is carefully taken oft' during this part of the process. Fresh sap is added from time to time, and the heat is maintained till the liquid is reduced to a syrup, after which it is left to cool, and then strained through a blanket, or other woollen stuff, to separate the remaining impurities. " Some persons recommend leaving...
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Page 233 - ... shoot, in the manner common ringing is performed on trees. In this way each bud will occupy one inch of the stem between the rings. The stems when thus prepared should be laid down horizontally, about three inches under the soil, leaving only the leading bud at the end of each branch out of the soil.