The quantity of timber that a tree forms, the amount and quality of its secretions, the brilliancy of its colours, the size of its flowers, and, in short, its whole beauty, depend upon the action of its branches and leaves, and their healthiness. The... Hints on arboriculture in the Panjab - Page 97by Berthold Ribbentrop - 1873Full view - About this book
| John Lindley - Gardening - 1840 - 430 pages
...apply with as much force to our gardeners as to those of France, they do most fully to our foresters. The quantity of timber that a tree forms, the amount...of its branches and leaves, and their healthiness (64.). The object of the pruner is to diminish the number of leaves and branches ; whence it may be... | |
| John Lindley - Gardening - 1855 - 636 pages
...apply with as much force to our gardeners as to those of France, they do most fully to our foresters. The quantity of timber that a tree forms, the amount...and leaves, and their healthiness. The object of the primer is to diminish the number of leaves and branches ; whence it may be at once understood how delicate... | |
| James Brown (of Arniston.) - Forests and forestry - 1861 - 730 pages
...right to bring them under the notice bf the forester here. In the work referred to the Dr states : " The quantity of timber that a tree forms, the amount...their healthiness. The object of the pruner is to dinlinish the number of leaves and branches ; whence it may be at once understood how delicate sire... | |
| The Country Gentleman's Magazine - 1869 - 590 pages
...development of plants in all cases, conditions, and circumstances. In the words of Professor Lindley—" The object of the pruner is to diminish the number of leaves and branches, whence it may at once be understood how delicate are the operations he has to practise, and how thorough a knowledge... | |
| Christopher Young Michie - Forests and forestry - 1888 - 356 pages
...accents as to render her meaning unintelligible, except indeed to the few. Professor Lindley says, " The object of the pruner is to diminish the number of leaves and branches, 0 whence it may at once be understood how delicate are the operations he has to practise, and how thorough... | |
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