. 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 . compressed, and half the length ofthe villous, 2-parted, ragged, and spinousinvolucre. [Wall-) A native of the topof the mountain Sheopur
. 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 . compressed, and half the length ofthe villous, 2-parted, ragged, and spinousinvolucre. [Wall-) A native of the topof the mountain Sheopur, in Nepal;flowering in September, and bearingfruit in December. A tree, 20ft. high,with a trunk sometimes 2 ft. in , and somewhat glabrous ash-coloured bark. Branches twiggy, smooth,cylindrical, brownish, dotted; the youngones silky. Buds conical-oblong, externally with soft down. LeavesSin. or 4in. long, covered on both sideswith adpressed down ; dark green above;rough, and of a pale colour, wood of this tree is light, compact,and of a pale tinge. The nut is small,and precisely like the common hazel nutin taste. The shell is exceedingly hardand thick. {Jfall. PL As. I{ar.,t. SI.)This species has not been yet intro-duced ; but, from the elevation of itsnative habitat, it would doubtless provehardy. From the laciniated calyx ofthis nut, it appears nearly allied toC. C. arborescens Fisch. (See p. 2029.) 1950. END OF THE THIRD VOLUME. London : Printed by A. Spottiswoodb, New-Street-Square. JTT^ M ^ ^^^- ^^t^ < ^. :^.f^^ !U^ %i^. SA^ Jf.^;!; Botanical Garden
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