The Eastern Arboretum: Or, Register of Remarkable Trees, Seats, Gardens, &c. in the County of Norfolk : with Popular Delineations of the British SylvaLongman, Brown, Green and Longmans, 1841 - 371 páginas |
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... fine trees in Norwich appear to be in the precincts of the cathedral . In the palace garden , there is a very old mulberry ( Morus nigra ) which mea- sures three feet and a half in diameter at a foot from the ground . The vicissitudes ...
... fine trees in Norwich appear to be in the precincts of the cathedral . In the palace garden , there is a very old mulberry ( Morus nigra ) which mea- sures three feet and a half in diameter at a foot from the ground . The vicissitudes ...
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... fine trees which have been so long in cultivation have found their way into our gardens . A botanical collection , open to the citizens , would remedy this ; for to see trees is far more persuasive and satisfactory than a picture or ...
... fine trees which have been so long in cultivation have found their way into our gardens . A botanical collection , open to the citizens , would remedy this ; for to see trees is far more persuasive and satisfactory than a picture or ...
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... fine regular - headed tree ; but as an oak it is deficient in character , having but little of that scragginess peculiar to the species . There is a Magnolia grandiflora here two feet in girth , which is even superior to the famed ...
... fine regular - headed tree ; but as an oak it is deficient in character , having but little of that scragginess peculiar to the species . There is a Magnolia grandiflora here two feet in girth , which is even superior to the famed ...
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... fine , many happy groups may be seen bending their way hither from the city . The tea- gardens here are kept in much better taste than those in the environs of London , the people of Norfolk being deter- mined not to relax in their ...
... fine , many happy groups may be seen bending their way hither from the city . The tea- gardens here are kept in much better taste than those in the environs of London , the people of Norfolk being deter- mined not to relax in their ...
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... fine . The tree of the latter species , represented in the etching , has a trunk four feet in diameter , and rises to the height of eighty - five feet . The silver fir is a noble upright - growing tree , somewhat resembling Pinus ...
... fine . The tree of the latter species , represented in the etching , has a trunk four feet in diameter , and rises to the height of eighty - five feet . The silver fir is a noble upright - growing tree , somewhat resembling Pinus ...
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adjoining admiration amongst ancient appearance Arboretum arborist ash-tree Aylsham beauty beech boughs branches cedar of Lebanon character chestnut church cluster pine common common hawthorn considerable Crataegus delightful distance districts elegant England English elm evergreen feet high feet in circumference feet in height finest five feet flowers foliage forest front garden girth grandeur green ground growing growth hall handsome inches in circumference land larch lawn leaves lofty Lombardy poplar magnificent mansion measuring Nature neighbourhood noble Norfolk Norwich notice object observed ornamental park perfect picturesque Pinus plantations planted pleasure-ground poplar present proprietor quarter racter residence rising scenery scenes Scotch pine season seat seen shelter shrubs side silver firs situated six inches sixteen feet soil species specimens spot stands stem Stratton Strawless surrounded sweet chestnut sylvan taste Taverham thriving timber tribe trunk twelve feet variety venerable verdure village weeping willow whilst Winfarthing wood worthy yards
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Página 104 - The voice of the Lord is powerful; the voice of the Lord is full of majesty.
Página 109 - The wilderness and the solitary place shall be glad for them; and the desert shall rejoice, and blossom as the rose. It shall blossom abundantly, and rejoice even with joy and singing: the glory of Lebanon shall be given unto it, the excellency of Carmel and Shar'on, they shall see the glory of the LORD, and the excellency of our God.
Página v - As the leaves of trees are said to absorb all noxious qualities of the air, and to breathe forth a purer atmosphere, so it seems to me as if they drew from us all sordid and angry passions, and breathed forth peace and philanthropy.
Página 110 - And king Solomon made a navy of ships in Ezion-geber, which is beside Eloth, on the shore of the Red sea, in the land of Edom. And Hiram sent in the navy his servants, shipmen that had knowledge of the sea, with the servants of Solomon. And they came to Ophir, and fetched from thence gold, four hundred and twenty talents, and brought it to king Solomon.
Página 111 - Behold, the Assyrian was a cedar in Lebanon with fair branches, and with a shadowing shroud, and of an high stature ; and his top was among the thick boughs.
Página 197 - Here I am, probably for the last time of my life, though not for the last time, every clock that strikes tells me I am an hour nearer to yonder church — that church, into which I have not yet had courage to enter, where lies that mother on whom I doated, and who doated on me ! There are the two rival mistresses...
Página iv - It argues, I think, a sweet and generous nature, to have this strong relish for the beauties of vegetation, and this friendship for the hardy and glorious sons of the forest. There is a grandeur of thought connected with this part of rural economy. It is, if I may be allowed the figure, the heroic line of hushandry. It is worthy of liberal, and freeborn, and aspiring men.
Página 198 - What a dissonant idea of pleasure! those groves, those allees, where I have passed so many charming moments, are now stripped up or overgrown— many fond paths I could not unravel, though with a very exact...
Página 112 - I pray thee, let me go over, and see the good land that is beyond Jordan, that goodly mountain, and Lebanon.
Página vii - How many fond and how many lively thoughts have been nurtured under this tree ! how many kind hearts have beaten here ! Its branches are not so numerous as the couples they have invited to sit beside it, nor its blossoms and leaves as the expressions of tenderness it has witnessed. What appeals to the pure all-seeing heavens ! what similitudes to the everlasting mountains ! what protestations of eternal truth and constancy ! from those who now are earth ; they, and their shrouds, and their coffins...