Volume 1

Sylva, or a discourse of forest-trees, and the propagation of timber in His Majesty's dominions, as it was delivered in The Royal society, on the 15th of October 1662 ... / with notes by A. Hunter.

  • John Evelyn
Date:
1801
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Sylva, or a discourse of forest-trees, and the propagation of timber in His Majesty's dominions, as it was delivered in The Royal society, on the 15th of October 1662 ... / with notes by A. Hunter. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    The WHITE POPLAR. (Populus Alba.) Dioecia Octandria. a. A Male Catkin. b. An Entire Male Flower. B. Ditto. c. The Scale, or Squama. d. The Nectarium. D. Ditto. E. A single Stamen. f. The Female Catkin. g. The Female Flower. G. Ditto. h. The Squama, or Scale. l. The Embryo, with its quadrifid Stigma. K. The Stigma. I The Capsule, or Seed-vefsel. L. Ditto. m. Ditto, discharging its Seed. M. Ditto. 7i. The Seeds. N. Ditto. o. The Nectarium of the Female Flower. O. Ditto. The QUICK-BEAM. Sorbtis (Aucuparia) IcOSANDRIA TrICYNIA. a. An Entire Flower. A. Ditto. b. The Calyx. B. Ditto. c. The five Petals, or Flower Leaves. C. Ditto. d. The Stamina. D. Ditto. e. The Embryo, with its three Stigmata. E. Ditto J. The Fruit, or Berry. g. A Transverse Section of ditto. h. The three Seeds. The LI A S E L. Cory!us (A veil arm.) MONOECIA PoLYANDRIA. a. A Male Catkin. b. A single Male Flower. B. Ditto. c. The Stamina. C. Ditto. D. A single Stamen. e. The Female Flowers. E. Ditto f. Two lacerated Scales that enclose the Em- bryo with its twro Pointals. F. Ditto. g. The Embryo, as it sits in the two Scales. G. Ditto. h. The Embryo. H. Ditto. i. The Nut. k. A Vertical Section of ditto. I. The Kernel. The BIRCH. Bctula (Alba.) Monoecia Tetrandria. a. The Male Catkin. b. The Calyx, consisting of three Scales con- taining three Flowers. B. Ditto. C. The three Flowers with their three Scales. D. A single Flower. E. Its four segments. F. The Stamina. g. The Female Catkin. h. The Calyx, consisting of three Scales, each Scale containing two Embryos. II. Ditto. i. The Embryo, with its two Pointals. l. Ditto. k. The three Scales, each Scale containing two Seeds. K. Ditto. l. A Seed. L. Ditto. The^ALDER. Betula (Alntis.) Monoecia Tetrandria. a. The Male Catkin. b. The Calyx, consisting of four Scales which contain three Flowers. B. Ditto. C. The three Flowers. D. A single Flower.
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