Downing, A. J. (Andrew Jackson), 1815-1852, Curtis, George William, 1824-1892, ed · New York, Leavitt & Allen · leaf 418
eedelights. The soil is loam, with a small portion of poor peat, andthe plant has never been watered, even in the hottest season wehave had. A wet subsoil is certain death to the araucaria in verywet seasons. A plant here, from a cutting, made a leading shootin the year 1833, and is now 19 feet 6… … Fig. 4.—Branch of the Araucaria, or Cliili Pine, one-sixth of the natural size. 326 TREES. tiou of these trees at Brest, in the north of France, a chmate verymuch hke our own. The soil is a light sandy loam, poor and thin.Yet the trees, fully exposed, or sheltered only by a small belt ofpines, have…
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