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... mean to contradict the reports of some nur- sery - men ( although I must think they are often- times exaggerated ) , who ... means allow the necessary articles of life to lie uncultivated , to produce an useless quantity of timber . The ...
... mean to contradict the reports of some nur- sery - men ( although I must think they are often- times exaggerated ) , who ... means allow the necessary articles of life to lie uncultivated , to produce an useless quantity of timber . The ...
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... means equal to that produced from the acorn ; it is more subject to false sap and shakes , and seldom boasts so valuable a bark . Shakes in general proceed from frost . It must be allowed , that the sap which increases in volume when it ...
... means equal to that produced from the acorn ; it is more subject to false sap and shakes , and seldom boasts so valuable a bark . Shakes in general proceed from frost . It must be allowed , that the sap which increases in volume when it ...
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... Britain become depen- dent on other powers for the means of supporting her navies , her consequence , as a nation , will be greatly endangered . THE SYCAMORE . THE sycamore is a quick growing , 20 HINTS TO PLANTERS .
... Britain become depen- dent on other powers for the means of supporting her navies , her consequence , as a nation , will be greatly endangered . THE SYCAMORE . THE sycamore is a quick growing , 20 HINTS TO PLANTERS .
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... means as used for the poplar , and it is astonishing to ob- serve to what a magnitude it attains , with very par- tial thinnings of the original plantation Thirty years will bring this tree to perfection . The weeping willow is more ...
... means as used for the poplar , and it is astonishing to ob- serve to what a magnitude it attains , with very par- tial thinnings of the original plantation Thirty years will bring this tree to perfection . The weeping willow is more ...
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... means much disfigured . It is not thought to be a native of England , but to have been introduced here about Cromwell's time . Certain it is , that the finest are to be found upon the continent , where they frequently form vistas to the ...
... means much disfigured . It is not thought to be a native of England , but to have been introduced here about Cromwell's time . Certain it is , that the finest are to be found upon the continent , where they frequently form vistas to the ...
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acorn alder Alps amidst autumn banks bark beech birch boasts branches chalky hills CHESHIRE chesnut tree choice of situation cultivation decay Distance duce England ENGLISH ELM esteemed exposed feet in circumference fir tribe flou flourish flower it bears foliage gives forest FRANCIS DUKINFIELD ASTLEY frost furnish ground groves grow grown holly HORNBEAM horse chesnut inferior Italian poplar Lancashire land larch Larignum lime loam magnitude MANCHESTER mode of raising moist moisture native neighbour observed old wood ornamental plantations osier perhaps picturesque planter planter's attention planting this tree PRINTERS profit pruning purposes raised from layers remain render rich roots Scotch fir Scotland seed-bed seeds seldom shade shelter it affords silver fir sown in spring SPANISH CHESNUT species spiring poplar strong soil Surrey SYCAMORE tardiness thorn timber transplanted tree arrives tree is deserving underwood VIRGIL walnut Warrington waste land WEYMOUTH PINE willow wych elm
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Page 53 - Beneath those rugged elms, that yew-tree's shade, Where heaves the turf in many a mouldering heap, Each in his narrow cell forever laid, The rude forefathers of the hamlet sleep.
Page 1 - Like verdant isles the sable waste adorn. Let India boast her plants, nor envy we The weeping amber or the balmy tree, While by our Oaks the precious loads are born, And realms commanded which those trees adorn. Not proud Olympus yields a nobler sight, Tho...
Page 34 - Nor by me e'er shall you, You of all names the sweetest, and the best, You Muses, books, and liberty, and rest; You gardens, fields, and woods forsaken be, As long as life itself forsakes not me.
Page 31 - Howell, the famous chesnut tree of Mount Etna is one hundred and sixty feet in circumference, but quite hollow within ; which, however, affects not its verdure ; for the chesnut tree, like the willow, depends upon its bark for subsistence, and by age loses its internal part.
Page 27 - ... situations ; they, however, will grow freely almost any where, in any common soil and exposure ; but considerably the fastest and strongest in low moist land, particularly in marshy situations, by the verges of rivers, brooks, and other waters ; likewise along the sides of ditches, &c. which places often lying waste, may be employed to good advantage in plantations of willows for different purposes.
Page 24 - The leaves gathered in autumn, before the frost has injured them, make better mattresses than straw or chaff, and will last seven or eight years. The nuts, eaten raw, occasion giddiness, and severe head-ache, but baked and powdered, make a wholesome bread. In Silesia, butter is made from the oil extracted from the nut.
Page 18 - ... Memoirs of the Royal Society of Agriculture at Paris, for the year 1787, there is an essay by M. le President de la Tour d'Aigues, on the culture of the larch; in which it is celebrated as one of the most useful of all timber trees. He tells us, that in his own garden he has rails, which were put up in the year 1743, partly of oak, and partly of larch. The former, he says, have yielded to time ; but the latter are still sound. And in his castle of Tour d'Aigues, he has larchen beams of twenty...
Page 17 - ... among the contractors for the French dock-yards. In the Memoirs of the Royal Society of Agriculture at Paris, for the year 1787, there is an essay by M. le President de la Tour d'Aigues, on the culture of the larch; in which it is celebrated as one of the most useful of all timber trees. He tells us, that in his own garden he has rails, which were put up in the year 1743, partly of oak, and partly of larch. The former, he says, have yielded to time ; but the latter are still sound. And in his...
Page 25 - For come without the pains of planting grow. With osiers thus the banks of brooks abound. Sprung from the watery genius of the ground : From the same principle gray willows eome ; Herculean poplar, and the tender broom.
Page 31 - Chesnut, though unequal to the Oak, the Beech, and the Esculus, has a degree of greatness belonging to it which recommends it strongly to the gardener's attention. Its Uses have been highly extolled ; and it may deserve a considerable share of the praise which has been given it. As a substitute for the Oak, it is preferable to the Elm : For...