. 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 . eous, evergreen,oblong, somewhat acute at the base; entire and slightly revolute at the margin; shiny above;opaque, but smooth, beneath ; on short
. 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 . eous, evergreen,oblong, somewhat acute at the base; entire and slightly revolute at the margin; shiny above;opaque, but smooth, beneath ; on short footstalks. The form of the leaves is much like those of thecommon broad-leaved myrtle. The flowers and fruit are unknown. {lfi//ri., at quoted in lieessCycl.) c. Natives of Nepal. § X. Landtce. Woolly or dowinj-lcavcd Oaks. Sect. Char. Leaves oval-oblong or lanceolate, serrated or dentated, butnot ftinuated or lobed; woolly beneath. Trees, natives of Nepal; and onlyhalf-hardy in the climate of London. They may be propagated by cuttings,which root without much difficulty; and the plants require the protectionof a wail. ? .38. Q. lanaVa Smifli. The vrooWy-leaved Nepal Oak. Identijication. Cycl., No. 27. Si/noni/tnes. Q. lanuginosa J). Don Prod. Ft. Xep., p. .57., and Cat, ed. ISSfi; Q. Bduja Haiii. ; ? Q. oblonghta D. Don, I. c. ; ? (i. incftna Royle It/ml., p. :»S><ving. Our Jig. 1804., from the tree at CHAP. cv. coryla^ce;e. qvf/rcvs. 192J Spec. Char., c^c. Leaves elliptic-oblong, sharply serrated, coriaceous; denselywoolly beneath. Fruit in axillary solitary spikes. Calyx scaly, withoutprickles. {Smith.) Native of the mountains of Upper Ne|)al; floweringin April. {Ihtchanau.) The Parbuttics call it Banza, or Banja; theNawars, Soshi strhiga/i. This is atree of vast dimensions, with ascaly bark, and rigid, brown, wartybranches,clothed, when young, with dense white down. Leaves alter- fVYAVi \VV^//^lf ^^ib>l^^iwl^^^^ ^i,-elliptic-oblong
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