Arbores mirabiles; or a description of the most remarkable trees, plants, and shrubs, in all parts of the world ... Taken from the journals of eminent travellers, historians and naturalists / By Joseph Taylor.

  • Joseph Taylor
Date:
1812
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Credit: Arbores mirabiles; or a description of the most remarkable trees, plants, and shrubs, in all parts of the world ... Taken from the journals of eminent travellers, historians and naturalists / By Joseph Taylor. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    to the oak, the beech, and the esculus, has a degree of greatness belonging to it, which recommends it strongly to the gardener’s at¬ tention. Its uses have been highly extolled, and it may deservea considerable share of the praise which has been given it. As a substitute for the oak it is preferable to the elm : for door¬ jambs, window*frames, and some other pur¬ poses of the house-carpenter, it is nearly equal to the oak itself; but is very apt to be shakey, and there is a deceitful brittleness in it which renders it unsafe to be used as beams, or in any other situation where an uncertain load is required to be borne. It is universally allowed to be excellent for liquor casks, as not being liable to shrink, nor to change the colour of the liquor it contains: it is also strongly recommended as an underwood for hop-poles, stakes, &c. Its fruit too is valu¬ able, not only for swine and deer, but as human food : bread is said to have been made of it. Upon the whole, the chesnut, whether in the light of ornament or use, is most undoubtedly an object of great admiration. The Martian Tree. The Religiosa, or Banian tree, is a native of several parts of the East Indies. It hath a woody stem, branching to a great height, and vast extent, with heart-shaped entire leaves, ending in acute points. Of this tree the