Paxton's Flower garden, by J. Lindley and J. Paxton, Volumen31853 |
Términos y frases comunes
acuminate acuminatis acute acutis aliàs anthers apice appear axillary base beautiful Belongs BILLBERGIA blossoms bracteis bracts branches brevioribus broad brown calyx Central America Cheffins colour column corolla corymb crimson cultivation deep downy epiphyte erect evergreen feet high fleshy floribus flowers foliage foliis foliolis gardens Gartenzeit genus greenhouse greenish growing hairy half half-hardy handsome hardy herbaceous herbaceous plant Hooker Hort Horticultural Society hothouse Houtte inches long interioribus Introduced Klotzsch labello Labellum laciniis lanceolate lanceolatis lateralibus leaves Linden Lindley lobes lobis Loddiges margin Messrs MORMODES Native nearly oblong obtuse Orchids ovary ovate ovatis panicle Pedicels peduncles perennial perigonii petals petioles Planchon PLATE Pleurothallis pseudobulbs purple raceme Rhododendron seeds sepals sessile short shorter shrub slender smooth species Specific Character specimens spikes spotted stalk stamens staminodes stem stigma stove subulate terete thick tube upper utrinque Veitch Wallich Warczewicz yellow flowers
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Página 73 - ... well for a foremast to the Resolution, had one been wanting. Since trees of this size are to be found on so small a spot, it is reasonable to expect to find some much larger on the main, and larger isles ; and, if appearances did not deceive us, we can assert it. If I except New Zealand, I, at this time, knew of no island in the South Pacific Ocean, where a ship could supply herself with a mast or a yard, were she ever so much distressed for want of one.
Página 73 - This pine is a sort between that which grows in New Zealand, and that in New Caledonia; the foliage differing something from both, and the wood not so heavy as the former, nor so light and close-grained as the latter.
Página 73 - These trees shoot out their branches like all other pines, with this difference, that the branches of these are much smaller and shorter; so that the knots become nothing when the tree is wrought for use. I took notice that the largest of them had the smallest and shortest branches, and were crowned, as it were at the top, by a spreading branch like a bush " (probably occasioned by their having been formerly densely crowded, and the tallest having most liberty at the top).
Página 73 - ... and forecastle saw breakers under the lee-bow, which we escaped by quickly tacking the ship. I was now almost tired of a coast which I could no longer explore, but at the risk of losing the ship, and ruining the whole voyage. I was, however, determined not to leave it, till...
Página 73 - Turpentine had exuded out of most of the trees, and the sun had inspissated it into a rosin, which was found sticking to the trunks, and lying about the roots. These trees shoot out their branches like all other pines; with this difference, that the branches of these are much smaller and shorter; so that the knots become nothing when the tree is wrought for use. I took notice, that the largest of them had the smallest and shortest branches, and were crowned, as it were, at the top, by a spreading...
Página 130 - Busehur, in all of which he has frequently met with it. It grows in rich black mould, the bulb close to the surface, at from 7500 to 9000 feet above the level of the sea, where it is covered with snow from November to April, or thereabouts. The hollow stems are commonly from six to nine feet high, and are used for musical pipes. The fruit ripens in November and December.
Página 73 - ... pines. On this little isle were some which measured twenty inches diameter, and between sixty and seventy feet in length, and would have done very well for a foremast to the Resolution, had one been wanting. Since trees of this size are to be found on so small a spot, it is reasonable to expect to find some much larger on the main, and larger isles, and, if appearances did not deceive us, we can assert it. If I except New Zealand, I, at...
Página 73 - E. About noon, having got a breeze from the NE, we stood to SSE, and as we drew towards Cape Coronation, saw in a valley to the south of it, a vast number of those elevated objects before-mentioned; and some low land under the foreland was wholly covered with them. We could not agree in our opinions of what they were. I supposed them to be a singular sort of trees, being too numerous to resemble any thing else; and a great deal of smoke kept rising all the day from amongst those near the cape.
Página 73 - Deptford-yard, was of opinion that these trees would make exceedingly good masts. The wood is white, close-grained, tough, and light. Turpentine had exuded out of most of the trees, and the sun had inspissated it into a rosin, which was found sticking to the trunks, and lying about the roots. These trees shoot out their branches like all other pines ; with this difference, that the branches of these are much smaller and shorter; so that the knots become nothing when the...
Página 99 - ... evaporated down to one measure. It seems to be one of the numerous universal medicines employed here in any and every complaint. It is quite impossible to get at any definite information from the natives as to what particular complaints certain plants are useful in. The priests, who are the doctors...