. A description and history of vegetable substances, used in the arts, and in domestic economy . slightdegree of artificial heat till the autumn of that appeared very little disposed to grow; but pro-duced one young shoot, which afforded me a coupleof buds for insertion in stocks of the common after Christmas, the tree was placed in a pine-stove, where it presently blossomed abundantly, andits fruit set perfectly well, as it had previously done THE CHERRY. 315 in the c^avdcns of the Society, and it ripened in cherries were middle-sized, or rather small com-pared w
. A description and history of vegetable substances, used in the arts, and in domestic economy . slightdegree of artificial heat till the autumn of that appeared very little disposed to grow; but pro-duced one young shoot, which afforded me a coupleof buds for insertion in stocks of the common after Christmas, the tree was placed in a pine-stove, where it presently blossomed abundantly, andits fruit set perfectly well, as it had previously done THE CHERRY. 315 in the c^avdcns of the Society, and it ripened in cherries were middle-sized, or rather small com-pared with the larger varieties of the common cherry ;were of a reddish amber colour, very sweet and juicy,and excellent for the season in which they roots of the tree were confined to rather a smallpot, and the plant was not even in a moderatelyvigorous state of growth. I, therefore, infer that thefruit did not acquire either the size or state of per-fection which it would have attained if the tree hadbeen larger, and in a vigorous state of growth, andthe season of the year The Olive—Oka. The Olive is a stone fruit, or rather a double-cellednut, covered by a fleshy pericarpiura. There is something peculiarly mild and gracefulin the appearance of the olive-tree, even apartfrom its associations. The leaves bear some re-semblance to those of the willow, only they are 3lfi VEGETABLE SUBSTANCES. more soft and delicate. The flowers are as delicateas the leaves : thev come i» little spikes from budsbetween the leaf-stalks and the spikes. At first theyare of a pale yellow; but when thev expand theirfour petals, the insides of them are white, and onlythe centre of the flower yellow. The matured woodof the olive is hard and compact, though ratherbrittle, and has the pith nearly obliterated, as is thecase with box. Its colour is reddish, and it takes afine gloss; on which account the ancients carved itinto statues of the gods ; the moderns make it intosnuff-boxes and
Size: 1732px × 1443px
Photo credit: © Reading Room 2020 / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: ., bookauthorsoc, bookcentury1800, bookiddescriptionhisto00sociuoft
