Drawing from nature : a series of progressive instructions in sketching, to which are appended lectures on art delivered at Rugby School (1877)
Barnard, George, 1807-1890 · London : G. Routledge · leaf 83
61 THE ALDEK. THE ALDER — A I mis Glutinosa. ONE OF THE LARGEST OF WATER LOVING TREES — BANKS OF THE MOLL AND FI No HORN TRUNK BLACK— FOLIAGE LIKE BEECH BUT BROADER — SCARLET COLOUR OF BUDS AND YOUNG SHOOTS — PRODUCES GOOD CHARCOAL FOR GUNPOWDER. … with a rich soil, it occasionally exceeds sixty feet in height, but the average is from forty to fifty : it sometimes stands singly, but more frequently grows in clumps, rising from the same root or stool. The Alder may be considered as more closely associated with water or damp .situations than…
Drawing · Landscape drawing · Plants in art
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