Arboriculture: alternatives and connections

A univalve mollusk of the genus Haliotis. The shell is lined with mother-of-pearl, and used for ornamental purposes; the sea-ear. Seve…

A place in which a collection of rare trees and shrubs is cultivated for scientific or educational purposes.

Containing copses of trees or shrubs; covered with shrubs.

A genus of trees of the Olive family, having opposite pinnate leaves, many of the species furnishing valuable timber, as the European…

The act or offense of grubbing up trees and bushes, and thus destroying the thickets or coverts of a forest.

A tool or instrument of steel, or of iron with a steel edge or blade, for felling trees, chopping and splitting wood, hewing timber, e…

A genus of showy flowering shrubs, mostly natives of China or of North America; false honeysuckle. The genus is scarcely distinct from…

A name given to fluor spar in Derbyshire, where it is used for ornamental purposes.

An instrument composed of bristles, or other like material, set in a suitable back or handle, as of wood, bone, or ivory, and used for…

A genus of leafless trees or shrubs, with drooping branchlets of a rushlike appearance, mostly natives of Australia. Some of them are…

A genus of small, hardy trees, including the hawthorn, much used for ornamental purposes.

A genus of diminutive Shrubs, mostly evergreen, and with fragrant blossoms.

The Cornus, a genus of large shrubs or small trees, the wood of which is exceedingly hard, and serviceable for many purposes.