. 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 . steemed in Europe, both for ornamental and useful j)urposes. In awild state, it seldom exceeds the height of 12ft. or 15ft. in Britain; but, inTur
. 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 . steemed in Europe, both for ornamental and useful j)urposes. In awild state, it seldom exceeds the height of 12ft. or 15ft. in Britain; but, inTurkey and Asia Minor, trees of it have been found as high as 25 ft. Tlie thick-ness of the trunk is very considerable in proportion to its height, and, in full-grown trees, varies from G in. to 8 in. in diameter. The bark is yellowish onthe young wood, but rough and greyish on the trunk of old trees. The leavesare opposite, oval, and almost sessile: they are persistent, of a coriaceoustexture, and a shining yellowish green, when they grow in a situation fullyexposed to the light; but of a fine deep glossy green when shaded by othertrees. The flowers are of a greenish yellow, and are disposed in little tufts inthe axils of the leaves. The tree will bear the knife patiently, and is there-fore, and from the closeness of its habit of growth, well adapted for clippedhedges, and all kinds of verdant architecture and statuary. • The box, says 4 s 4. ARBORETUM AND FRUTICETUM. PART III. a French writer, has the advantage of taking any form that may be wished,under the hands of the gardener. Here it displays a niche cut in an ap-parently solid green bank ; there, an arbour impenetrable to the rays of thesun. On one side it covers a wall with a tapestry of continual verdure, andon the other it clothes a palisade : now it divides the walks of a garden,and now it marks out the figure of a parterre. In all cases, it presents a mostagreeable verdure to the eyes, and preserves the idea o
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