On the Cultivation of the Plants Belonging to the Natural Order of Proteēæ: With Their Generic as Well as Specific Characters and Places where They Grow Wild |
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1-2 lineas latis 1-2 pollices longis 1-loculare 2-pinnatifid 2-valve 3-dentate adultis lævibus anguste anthers apice axillaribus Banksia bearded Boerh bracteis Bractes branches caducæ callo Capitulo terminali caule caule decumbente Clapham cohærentia Conospermum cottony cum Ic decumbent Diss Embothrium Erodendrum Euryspermum feet high fimbriatis Flores 2-ni Flores in Capitulo Folia foliis 1-2 lineas foliis 1-2 pollices foliis lineæ latis foliis simplicibus Frutices gemmaceis gemmaceous genus glabris grows wild Hort Hottentots Holland inches long infra medium integerrimis inter singulos Involucrum Kenn Kloof lævibus lanceolate lanceolatis Leaves simple Leucadendrum libera linearibus lines broad Linn Lugdb Mant masculorum mountains Nectarium NIVEN discovered nullis nunc obtuse Paarl parum Peduncles Pericarpium Petala secunda petalorum Petals plants Port Jackson præter Protea Protea cynaroides Protea longifolia pubescentibus regularia Salisb seeds sericeis Serruria shrub silky singula paria smooth when old Spatalla spatulated spatulated-lanceolate spatulatis spatulato-lanceolatis species spicâ Spike Stem Stigma superioribus Thunb tomentosis valde wild near Port
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Page vi - Perhaps few works have greater claims to originality than the present, not a single line being copied from any other.
Page 68 - Clap ham.' when it first flowered without any simple leaves ; the following year it produced both 2-pinnatifid and spatulated leaves, and in 1807, the leaves on the same plant, except a few 3-fidones, were all spatulated.
Page 48 - NIVEN, and is already common in our collections, growing freely from cuttings, and thriving in almost any soil.
Page 124 - It is not easily propagated except by seeds, which should be sown soon after they are ripe, for it seldom sends out any branches till it flowers, and then only 2 or 3 immediately under the spike.