. 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 . 1696. almost ligneous without; smooth, but crowned with from 8 to 12 tubercles,separated by indentations. The gall fly resembles the Cynips glecho
. 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 . 1696. almost ligneous without; smooth, but crowned with from 8 to 12 tubercles,separated by indentations. The gall fly resembles the Cynips glechoma;Lin.; but differs from that species in having the abdomen as downy as thethorax. In the Xouvcau Did. dAgric, it is said that, in the Landes, theacorns of the Q. Tauzin are much more sought after for feeding swine, thanthose of Q. sessiliflora or Q. pedunculata. The young shoots of Q. pyre-naica are more flexible than those of U. sessiliflora and Q. pedunculata, and,conse(juentIy, make better hoops. The leaves anil young shoots are muchmore bitter than those of the other species, and are often rejected by cows 6 D 3 ]841. ARBORETUM AND FRUTICETUM. PART 111. and sheep; while those of the common species, in the same pasture, areeaten. The wood makes excellent fuel. There are plants in the Horti-cultural Societys Garden, which, in spring, when their leaves are expanding,are of very great beauty and singularity; and the species, on that account,well
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