Handy Book of Ornamental Conifers and of Rhododendrons and Other American Flowering Shrubs Suitable for the Climate and Soils of Britain |
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Handy Book of Ornamental Conifers: And Rhododendrons and Other American ... Hugh Fraser No preview available - 2015 |
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Page 37 - 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.
Page 138 - But the great beauty of the Californian vegetation is a species of Taxodium, which gives the mountains a most peculiar, I was almost going to say awful, appearance—something which plainly tells us we are not in Europe.
Page 116 - This singular species is a majestic tree, forming vast forests on the mountains of Northern California, and produces timber of an excellent quality. ... I spent three weeks in a forest composed of this tree,
Page 142 - For the decoration of places of burial it is well adapted, from the deep and perpetual verdure of its foliage, which, conjointly with its great longevity, may be considered as emblematical of immortality." "The Yew,
Page 75 - height of 50 feet, that being the height of the lower branches. The total height I estimated about 120 or 130 feet. The stems were perfectly straight throughout, the branches symmetrical, slightly inclined to the horizontal form, and having the appearance of something between the Cedar and Larch.