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 4 |
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Page 2033
... Scotland , to the Acer Pseudo - Plátanus ( see p . 414. ) ; probably because the French , according to Parkinson , first called that the plane tree , from the mistake of Tragus , who fancied , from the broadness of its leaves , that it ...
... Scotland , to the Acer Pseudo - Plátanus ( see p . 414. ) ; probably because the French , according to Parkinson , first called that the plane tree , from the mistake of Tragus , who fancied , from the broadness of its leaves , that it ...
Page 2042
... Scotland in 1777 ; using the term sycamore , at that time generally applied to the platanus in Scotland . One of the largest was in the Isle of Bute , at Mount Stewart ; where , on the 1st of Sep- tember , 1786 , the trunk measured 6 ft ...
... Scotland in 1777 ; using the term sycamore , at that time generally applied to the platanus in Scotland . One of the largest was in the Isle of Bute , at Mount Stewart ; where , on the 1st of Sep- tember , 1786 , the trunk measured 6 ft ...
Page 2043
... Scotland . In the en- virons of Edinburgh , at Gosford House , 30 years old , it is 25 ft . high , with a trunk 2 ft . 3 in . in circum- ference ; at Biel , it is 64 ft . high : in Banffshire , at Gordon Castle , 66 ft . high , the ...
... Scotland . In the en- virons of Edinburgh , at Gosford House , 30 years old , it is 25 ft . high , with a trunk 2 ft . 3 in . in circum- ference ; at Biel , it is 64 ft . high : in Banffshire , at Gordon Castle , 66 ft . high , the ...
Page 2046
... Scotland , where trees of both P. orientàlis and P. occidentalis were standing near each other , the former escaped ; but the latter were generally injured , and many either died the same year , or , after making an ineffectual effort ...
... Scotland , where trees of both P. orientàlis and P. occidentalis were standing near each other , the former escaped ; but the latter were generally injured , and many either died the same year , or , after making an ineffectual effort ...
Page 2051
... Scotland , and the north of Germany , it is somewhat tender ; and , north of Berlin , it never attains the size even of a low tree . Properties and Uses . The wood of the liquidambar is very compact and fine - grained , with only a very ...
... Scotland , and the north of Germany , it is somewhat tender ; and , north of Berlin , it never attains the size even of a low tree . Properties and Uses . The wood of the liquidambar is very compact and fine - grained , with only a very ...
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Page 2084 - Beneath those rugged elms, that yew tree's shade, Where heaves the turf in many a mould'ring heap, Each in his narrow cell for ever laid, The rude forefathers of the hamlet sleep.
Page 2122 - His spear, to equal which the tallest pine Hewn on Norwegian hills to be the mast Of some great ammiral, were but a wand.
Page 2122 - His praise, ye Winds, that from four quarters blow, Breathe soft or loud ; and, wave your tops, ye Pines, With every plant, in sign of worship wave. Fountains, and ye that warble, as ye flow, Melodious murmurs, warbling tune his praise. Join voices all ye living Souls: Ye Birds, That singing up to Heaven-gate ascend, Bear on your wings and in your notes his praise.
Page 2084 - But worthier still of note Are those fraternal Four of Borrowdale, Joined in one solemn and capacious grove ; Huge trunks ! and each particular trunk a growth Of intertwisted fibres serpentine Up-coiling, and inveterately convolved...
Page 2404 - All the fowls of heaven made their nests in his boughs, and under his branches did all the beasts of the field bring forth their young, and under his shadow dwelt all great nations.
Page 2084 - He gathers all the parish there ; Points out the place of either yew, Here Baucis, there Philemon, grew : Till once a parson of our town, ' To mend his barn, cut Baucis down ; At which, 'tis hard to be...
Page 2084 - There is a Yew-tree, pride of Lorton Vale, Which to this day stands single, in the midst Of its own darkness, as it stood of yore : Not loth to furnish weapons for the bands Of Umfraville or Percy ere they marched To Scotland's heaths ; or those that crossed the sea And drew their sounding bows at Azincour, Perhaps at earlier Crecy, or Poictiers.
Page 2083 - Midst skulls and coffins, epitaphs and worms: Where light-heel'd ghosts, and visionary shades, Beneath the wan cold moon (as fame reports) Embodied, thick, perform their mystic rounds. No other merriment, dull tree, is thine.
Page 2412 - L'homme superbe est renversé, Ses propres flèches l'ont percé. UNE AUTRE. J'ai vu l'impie adoré sur la terre; Pareil au cèdre, il cachait dans les cieux Son front audacieux; II semblait à son gré gouverner le tonnerre, Foulait aux pieds ses ennemis vaincus : Je n'ai fait que passer, il n'était déjà plus.
Page 2404 - Behold, the Assyrian was a cedar in Lebanon with fair branches, and with a shadowing shroud, and of an high stature; and his top was among the thick boughs. The waters made him great, the deep set him up on high with her rivers running round about his plants, and sent out her little rivers unto all the trees of the field.