Transactions - Botanical Society of Edinburgh Volume 4 - Softcover
This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1853 Excerpt: ... asiatica, L. A pretty shrub, of a very ramous character, common in the Peninsula, bearing large yellow flowers, and opposite thorns in the axils of the branches. It forms an elegant and excellent fence in the gardens of Bombay. Graham.) Rumphius wrote of this plant, "Frutex stipitosus qui sese sursum explicat in longos et flagellosos ramos." There are many ornamental plants which we often observe arranged in straight lines, forming inner fences or shady avenues in Eastern gardens. These are the Lawsonia inermis, the Hennah plant of Egypt (Mendi), resembling the English privet. The Lonicera ligustrina, Wall, (privet-like honeysuckle), is much used at Ootacamund, and answers well, forming a very compact fence about gardens. (Wight.) The lime, mulberry and pomegranate are suitable, and have been long in use; likewise the Hibiscus rosa sinensis, L. (shoeflower), Adhatoda vasica and Betonica, Nees, Gardenia florida (Gundha raj), Allamanda cathartica, &c. Phyllanthus reticulata, Poir. (P. Vitis-Idaa, Rox.), "found wild in every part of India, and seems to thrive well in all soils and situations. It is frequently employed for ornamental hedges in gardens, for which end it is well chosen, as its thick evergreen foliage and constant succession of beautiful red berries give it a pretty appearance." I am not familiar with this in southern India, except as a small jungle tree. Pedilanthus tithymaloides, Poit. (the slipper plant) is much planted as a border for gardens, taking the place of box. Neither goats nor cows will touch it. The following are also used for garden borders:--Graptophyllum hortense Justicia picta) with its variegated leaves; Vinca rosea, Willd., common all over India; Heliotropium curassavicum, L., domesticated at Bangalore;...
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- PublisherRarebooksclub.com
- Publication date2012
- ISBN 10 1231189223
- ISBN 13 9781231189221
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages78
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