. 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. 946 ARBORETUM ET FRUTICETUM BRITANNtCUM. climate of London, attaining the height of 10 or 12 feet in 10 years ; and, in 40 or 50 years, the height of as many feet. The wood of the ginkgo is said by Ksempfer to be light, soi't, and weak ; but Loiseleur Deslongchamps describes it as of a y
. 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. 946 ARBORETUM ET FRUTICETUM BRITANNtCUM. climate of London, attaining the height of 10 or 12 feet in 10 years ; and, in 40 or 50 years, the height of as many feet. The wood of the ginkgo is said by Ksempfer to be light, soi't, and weak ; but Loiseleur Deslongchamps describes it as of a yellowish white, veined, with a fine close grain, and moderately hard. It is easy to work, receives a fine polish, and resem- bles in its general appearance citron wood. The salisburia, judging from the speci- mens in the neighbourhood of London, thrives best on a deep sandy loam, perfectly dry at bottom ; but it by no means prospers in a situation where the subsoil is wet. The situation should be sheltered, but not so much so as for many exotic trees which have longer leaves and more widely spreading branches. Propagated by layers of two-years-old wood, which generally require two years to be properly rooted ; but, on the Continent, it has been found that, by watering the layers freely during the summer, they may be taken off in the autumn of the year in which they were made. Cuttings made in March, of one-year-old wood, slipped off with a heel, root in a mixture of loam and peat earth in the shade; and their growth will be the more certain if they have a little bottom heat. Cuttings of the young wood, taken off before midsummer, and prepared and planted with the leaves on, in sand, under a bell-glass, will, we have no doubt, succeed Order LXXVII. CONITER^, or PINA'CE^. Jdentijication. Lindl. Nat. Syst. of Bot., p. 31b'. j Richard Mfem. Conif., in part. Synonymes. Conifer£B Rich. Mem. Conif. Thfl Coniferai, till lately, included the order Tax^ces, already given, p.
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