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, Tom 4author, and Sold, 1838 - 8 |
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Strona 2038
... planted near all the public schools in Athens . The groves of Epicurus , in which Aristotle taught his peripatetic disciples ; the shady walks planted near the Gymnasia , and other public buildings of Athens ; and the groves of Academus ...
... planted near all the public schools in Athens . The groves of Epicurus , in which Aristotle taught his peripatetic disciples ; the shady walks planted near the Gymnasia , and other public buildings of Athens ; and the groves of Academus ...
Strona 2039
... planted by Agamemnon ; and he states that canoes , and other vessels for the sea , were formed of the excavated trunks of the plane tree . Cicero mentions the plane tree as well calculated to afford a thick shade , by the extent of its ...
... planted by Agamemnon ; and he states that canoes , and other vessels for the sea , were formed of the excavated trunks of the plane tree . Cicero mentions the plane tree as well calculated to afford a thick shade , by the extent of its ...
Strona 2042
... planted as single trees , and separately fenced , they should be kept in the nursery till they are 15 ft . or 20 ft . high ; care being taken to transplant them every year , and to prune their heads in proportion to the losses sustained ...
... planted as single trees , and separately fenced , they should be kept in the nursery till they are 15 ft . or 20 ft . high ; care being taken to transplant them every year , and to prune their heads in proportion to the losses sustained ...
Strona 2043
... planted , it is 45 ft . high . - In Scotland . In the en- virons of Edinburgh , at Gosford House , 30 years old , it ... planted , it is 68 ft . high , the diameter of the trunk 3 ft . , and of the head 48 ft .: in Tipperary , in ...
... planted , it is 45 ft . high . - In Scotland . In the en- virons of Edinburgh , at Gosford House , 30 years old , it ... planted , it is 68 ft . high , the diameter of the trunk 3 ft . , and of the head 48 ft .: in Tipperary , in ...
Strona 2048
... planted , in April , 1744 , it was 8 ft . high ; and , when mea- sured in 1775 , 31 years afterwards , it was 65 ft ... planted , it is 80 ft . high , the diameter of the trunk 4 ft . 6 in . , and of the head 60 ft .: in Wiltshire , at ...
... planted , in April , 1744 , it was 8 ft . high ; and , when mea- sured in 1775 , 31 years afterwards , it was 65 ft ... planted , it is 80 ft . high , the diameter of the trunk 4 ft . 6 in . , and of the head 60 ft .: in Wiltshire , at ...
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Strona 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.
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 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.
Strona 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...
Strona 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.
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 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.
Strona 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.
Strona 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.
Strona 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.