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Strona 2033
... less freely , or , in young or middle - sized trees , scarcely at all ; and , in the summer season , by its leaves being but slightly lobed ( see fig . 1952. a ) , instead of being palmate like those of P. occidentalis , as shown in fig ...
... less freely , or , in young or middle - sized trees , scarcely at all ; and , in the summer season , by its leaves being but slightly lobed ( see fig . 1952. a ) , instead of being palmate like those of P. occidentalis , as shown in fig ...
Strona 2043
... less deeply lobed ( see fig.1951 . a . in p . 2033. ) ; and by the 1959 red colour of their petioles ; the petioles of P. orientális being green . The fruit is , also , much larger , and rather smoother . Variety . P. o . 2 tortuosa ...
... less deeply lobed ( see fig.1951 . a . in p . 2033. ) ; and by the 1959 red colour of their petioles ; the petioles of P. orientális being green . The fruit is , also , much larger , and rather smoother . Variety . P. o . 2 tortuosa ...
Strona 2044
... less , by their smoke . Nevertheless , in May , 1837 , when we saw this tree , and had the portrait , fig . 1960. , taken of it , it was estimated at upwards of 100 ft . in height . A tree in the Chelsea Botanic Garden , planted by ...
... less , by their smoke . Nevertheless , in May , 1837 , when we saw this tree , and had the portrait , fig . 1960. , taken of it , it was estimated at upwards of 100 ft . in height . A tree in the Chelsea Botanic Garden , planted by ...
Strona 2046
... less hardy , and , to attain a large size , As a picturesque tree , the Occidental plane requires the presence of water . is thus characterised by Gilpin . He places it after the oak , the ash , the elm , the beech , and the hornbeam ...
... less hardy , and , to attain a large size , As a picturesque tree , the Occidental plane requires the presence of water . is thus characterised by Gilpin . He places it after the oak , the ash , the elm , the beech , and the hornbeam ...
Strona 2050
... less mixed with orange , and with some leaves entirely of that colour . They hang on the trees till the first frosts , when they drop off simultaneously . The rate of growth of this tree , in the climate of London , is from 8 ft . to 10 ...
... less mixed with orange , and with some leaves entirely of that colour . They hang on the trees till the first frosts , when they drop off simultaneously . The rate of growth of this tree , in the climate of London , is from 8 ft . to 10 ...
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Strona 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.
Strona 2084 - 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. Of vast circumference, and gloom profound This solitary Tree ! a living thing 10 Produced too slowly ever to decay ; Of form and aspect too magnificent To be destroyed.
Strona 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...
Strona 2418 - 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. His boughs were multiplied, and his branches became long. The fir trees were not like his boughs, nor the chestnut trees like his branches, nor any tree in the garden of God like unto him in beauty."* In England the Cedar of Lebanon appears to have become quite naturalized.
Strona 2412 - These, however, from their size and general appearance, may be fairly presumed to have existed in Biblical times. Around these ancient witnesses of ages long since past there still remains a little grove of yellower Cedars, appearing to me to form a group of 1 Irby and Mangles.
Strona 2171 - Millions of Spirits for his fault amerced* Of Heaven, and from eternal splendours flung For his revolt; yet faithful how they stood, Their glory withered: as when Heaven's fire Hath scathed the forest oaks, or mountain pines, With singed top their stately growth though bare Stands on the blasted heath.
Strona 2138 - When these tremendous fires are once in motion, or at least when the flames extend over a few miles of the forest, the surrounding air becomes highly rarefied, and the wind naturally increases to a hurricane.
Strona 2174 - Bothnia everywhere appeared of the grandest character, surrounded by noble forests, whose tall trees, flourishing luxuriantly, covered the soil quite down to the water's edge. From the most southern parts of Westro-Bothnia to the northern extremity of the gulf the inhabitants are occupied in the manufacture of tar, proofs of which are visible along the whole extent of the coast.
Strona 2230 - ... a longer stem. But as it attains maturity, its picturesque form increases fast. Its lengthening stem assumes commonly an easy sweep. It seldom indeed deviates much from a straight line, but that gentle deviation is very graceful, and above all other lines difficult to imitate. If accidentally either the stem or any of the larger branches take a larger sweep than usual, that sweep seldom fails to be graceful. It is also among the beauties of the stone pine, that, as the lateral branches decay,...
Strona 2174 - During this combustion, the tar exudes ; and a cast-iron pan being at the bottom of the funnel, with a spout, which projects through the side of the bank, barrels are placed beneath this spout, to collect the fluid as it comes away.