. 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 . 1704- ARBORETUM AND FRUTIETUM. IARl III 1555. trees. This is a very singular fungus ; it is composedof folds radiating from the centre, with a bea
. 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 . 1704- ARBORETUM AND FRUTIETUM. IARl III 1555. trees. This is a very singular fungus ; it is composedof folds radiating from the centre, with a beautifullyradiated margin; it was found at Appin, in ^ria multiformis Fries is also found on the this list may be added Jgaricus muscarius 1335.), the fly agaric, the most poisonous of allthe genus, which is generally found in birch is highly narcotic, producing, in small doses, intox-ication and delirium, for which purpose it is used inKamtschatka; and, in larger doses, death. For a de-tailed account of its poisonous effects, see RoquesHist, dcs Chamj}., p. 123.; and a paper by Dr. Greville,in the 4lh vol. of the Wernerian Trans., from whichan extract is given by Dr. Lindley, Introd. to of Bot., p. 337. {Eng. FL, vol. v. p. 4.) statistics. Recorded Trees. A weeping birch, at Ballogie, in the parish of Birse, in Aberdeenshire,measured, in 1798, 5 ft. in circumference at 4 ft. from the ground. U had a clear straight stem, about50 ft. hi
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