. 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. LXX. COIIYLA CEm, : 0 STRYA. 921 Florida. Height IS ft. to 40 ft, as in the preceding species. The Virginian hop hornbeam, or iron wood, generally forms a tree about 30 ft. high, growing more rapidly than O. vulgaris, and differing from that species, according to Willdenow and Pursh, chi
. 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. LXX. COIIYLA CEm, : 0 STRYA. 921 Florida. Height IS ft. to 40 ft, as in the preceding species. The Virginian hop hornbeam, or iron wood, generally forms a tree about 30 ft. high, growing more rapidly than O. vulgaris, and differing from that species, according to Willdenow and Pursh, chiefly in the position of its fe- male catkins, which are upright, instead of being pendulous. The tree, ac- cording to Michaux, is easily known, in winter, by its smooth greyish bark, which is finely divided, and detached in strips of not more than aline in breadth. In British gardens the tree bears a close resemblance to the European hop horn- Introduced in 1692. Flowers and fruit. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Loudon, J. C. (John Claudius), 1783-1843; Loudon, J. C. (John Claudius), 1783-1843. Arboretum et fruticetum britannicum. London : F. Warne & Co. ; New York : Scribner, Welford & Armstrong
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