. Trees and shrubs : an abridgment of the Arboretum et fruticetum britannicum : containing the hardy trees and schrubs of Britain, native and foreign, scientifically and popularly described : with their propagation, culture and uses and engravings of nearly all the species. Trees; Shrubs; Forests and forestry. 550 ARBORETUM ET FRUTICETUM BRITANNICUM. n. 1. A. ^bro'tanum L. The Abrotanura Artemisia, or Southernwood. Identification. ,L(n. Sp., 1185. ; WiUd. Sp. PI., 3. p. 1818.; Alt. Hort. Kew., ed. 2. vol. 6. p. 3. Synonymes. mas Dod. Pempt 21.; Old Man; Armoise Aurone, Aurone des J
. Trees and shrubs : an abridgment of the Arboretum et fruticetum britannicum : containing the hardy trees and schrubs of Britain, native and foreign, scientifically and popularly described : with their propagation, culture and uses and engravings of nearly all the species. Trees; Shrubs; Forests and forestry. 550 ARBORETUM ET FRUTICETUM BRITANNICUM. n. 1. A. ^bro'tanum L. The Abrotanura Artemisia, or Southernwood. Identification. ,L(n. Sp., 1185. ; WiUd. Sp. PI., 3. p. 1818.; Alt. Hort. Kew., ed. 2. vol. 6. p. 3. Synonymes. mas Dod. Pempt 21.; Old Man; Armoise Aurone, Aurone des Jardins, U Citronelle, la Garderobe, Fr,; EberrauCe, Wermuth, Stabwurtz. Gartenwurtz. Ger. ; Abrotano, Ital.^ Span., and Port. Derivation. The Greek name for this plant is Abrotonon, which is variously derived from abroton, incorruptible ; from abrdton, unfit for food ; from the soft delicacy {abrotes) of its appearance ; or from abroSy soft, and tonos, extension, because it is extended, or grows in a very soft manner. Why Linnseus and others write it Abrotanum is not known. The name of Old Man, doubtless, has reference to its grey and powdery appearance. It is called Garderobe in French, from its being used to prevent moths from getting into clothes-presses and wardrobes. Eberraute is boar's rue ; and Wermuth, wormwood ; Stabwurtz means staff root; and Gartenwurtz garden root. Engravings Blackw., t. 65. ; Woodv., 356. t. 119.; miomjig. 1023. Spec. Char., ^c. Stem straight. Lower leaves bipinnate, upper ones pinnate, with the segments hair-like. Calyxes pubescent, hemispherical. ( WUtd.) A sulFruticose bush. South of Europe, Siberia, Syria,^ and China. Height 3 ft. to 4 ft. in low situations, and in mountains not above half ftiat height, with the branches recumbent. Introduced in 1596. Flowers yellowish ; August to October. Varieties, a. A. A. 3 humile Hort. is a low-growing spreading shrub, found on mountains in the South of Europe, and retaining its dwarf habit for some years
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