Trees & Shrubs for English Plantations; A Selection and Description of the Most Ornamental Trees and Shrubs, Native and Foreign, Which Will Flourish ... Several Species, Under the Heads of Size and baixar o livro de graça

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1870 Excerpt: ... Flowers rather small, purple, chiefly remarkable from their being produced in winter (from December to March). It is a conspicuous member of the very small and valuable group of winter-flowering shrubs. 7. Rhododcndron Ferrugineum.--Alps, 1752. Evergreen shrub 1 foot. Leaves oblong, of a shining green above, stellately dotted beneath. Flowers in corymbs, rose-coloured, funnel-shaped. It grows in profusion in the Alps, where it is called the Alpine Eose. 8. Rhododendron Ponticum.--Armenia, 1763. Evergreen shrub 10-12 feet. Leaves oblong-lanceolate, coriaceous, shining green above, rather rusty beneath. Flowers in short corymbose racemes, large, purplish pink. This is the most common of all the species, and usually forms the stock on which the hybrid varieties are grafted. It is a plant of great beauty, but its merits are so eclipsed by the superior charms of other species and their numerous varieties, that it is treated with comparative neglect. 216. RHODORA. Ericaceje--Decandria Monogynia. 1. Rlwdora Canadensis.--Canada, 1767. Shrub 2-3 feet. Leaves oval, green above, downy and glaucous beneath. Rowers small, pale purple, in terminal clusters, expanding early in spring. It requires peat-soil iu order to thrive, but at best has nothing but its pretty flowers to recommend it, as its habit of growth is inelegant. 217. RHUS--(Sumach). ANACARDIACE-E--Pentandria Trigynia. 1. Rhus Copallina.--N. America, 1697. Shrub 6 feet. Leaves and other characters very similar to those of R. typhina, but the plant is much smaller in all its parts, and possesses peculiar neatness and elegance. The leaves are used as tobacco by the Indians. 2. Rhus Cotinus--S. Europe, 1656. Shrub 10-20 feet. Leaves obovate, smooth, stiff, on long footstalks, persistent until strong frosts. Flow...