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" The flowers are of a reddish or saffron colour; and the fruit of an oval form, about the size of a turkey's egg. Some of them have reached to a monstrous size, exceeding one hundred feet in height; One was cut about thirty years since in St. "
The Dictionary of Merchandize and Nomenclature in All European Languages - Page 223
by C. H. Kauffman - 1815 - 396 pages
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The British encyclopedia, or, Dictionary of arts and sciences, Volume 4

William Nicholson - 1809 - 734 pages
...diameter. The foliage is a beautiful deep green, and the appearance made by the whole tree very elegant. The flowers are of a reddish or saffron colour, and...monstrous size, exceeding one hundred feet in height. In felling these trees, the most beautiful part is commonly left, behind. The negro workmen raise a...
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The British Encyclopedia: Or, Dictionary of Arts and Sciences ..., Volume 4

William Nicholson - 1809 - 700 pages
...deep green, and the appearance made by the whole tree very elegant. The flowers are of a reddish «r saffron colour, and the fruit of an oval form, about...turkey's egg. Some of them have reached to a monstrous me, exceeding one hundred feet in height. In felling these trees, the most beautiful part is commonly...
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Hortus Jamaicensis: Or A Botanical Description, (according to the Linnean ...

John Lunan - 1814 - 564 pages
...a plantation. • It generally bears a great number of capsuhe in the season. The flowers-nra of u reddish or saffron colour ; and the fruit of an oval form, about the size of a turkey's egg. It is easily propagated from the seeds, and grows rapidly. Some of them have reached to a monstrous...
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Hortus Jamaicensis: Or A Botanical Description, (according to the Linnean ...

John Lunan - 1814 - 568 pages
...plantation* It generally bears a great number of capsulsc in the season.. The flowero are of a. reddish of. saffron colour; and the fruit of an oval form, about the size of a turkey Vegg. It is easily propagated from the seeds, and grows rapidly. Some of them have reached to...
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American Edition of the British Encyclopedia: Or, Dictionary of ..., Volume 7

William Nicholson - 1821 - 406 pages
...diameter. The foliage is a beautiful deep green, and the appearance made by the whole tree very elegant. The flowers are of a reddish or saffron colour, and...monstrous size, exceeding one hundred feet in height. In felling these trees, the most beautiful part is commonly left behind. The negro workmen raise a...
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British Encyclopedia: Or, Dictionary of Arts and Sciences ..., Volume 7

William Nicholson - 1821 - 408 pages
...diameter. The foliage is a beautiful deep green, and the appearance made by the whole tree very elegant. The flowers are of a reddish or saffron colour, and...monstrous size, exceeding one hundred feet in height. In felling these trees, the most beautiful part is commonly left behind. The negro workmen raise a...
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The Natural History of Remarkable Trees, Shrubs, and Plants

1821 - 188 pages
...diameter. The foliage is a beautiful deep green, and the appearance made by the whole tree is Tery elegant^ The flowers are of a reddish or saffron colour, and...turkey's egg. Some of them have reached to a monstrous ,S!ZP, exceeding one hundred feet in height. In felling these trees, the most beautiful part is commonly...
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Sketch of the Mosquito Shore: Including the Territory of Poyais, Descriptive ...

Thomas Strangeways - 1822 - 384 pages
...branches, and is usually about four feet in diameter. The leaves are of a beautiful deep green, the flower of a reddish or saffron colour, and the fruit of an oval form, about the size of a turkey's egg ; while that which grows in the mountainous districts hardly exceeds the size of a nutmeg : the whole...
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Sketch of the Mosquito Shore: Including the Territory of Poyais, Descriptive ...

Thomas Strangeways - 1822 - 390 pages
...is usually about four feet in diameter. The leaves are of a beautiful deep green, the flower •ef a reddish or saffron colour, and the fruit of an oval form, about the size of a turkey's egg ; while that which grows in the mountainous districts hardly exceeds the size of a nutmeg : the whole...
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A Family-text Book for the Country: Or, The Farmer at Home: Being a ...

John Lauris Blake - 1857 - 508 pages
...the appearance made by the whole tree very elegant. The flowers are of a reddish or saffron color, and the fruit of an oval form, about the size of a...monstrous size, exceeding one hundred feet in height. In felling these trees, the most beautiful part is commonly left behind. The negro workmen raise a...
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