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Definition of Common myrtle
1. Noun. European shrub with white or rosy flowers followed by black berries.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Common Myrtle
Literary usage of Common myrtle
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Arboretum Et Fruticetum Britannicum: Or, The Trees and Shrubs of Britain by John Claudius Loudon (1838)
"... by grafting them on the common myrtle. Per hap*, also, something might be done
in the way of cross-fecundation between Л/у rtus, Psidium, ..."
2. Gardening for Ladies: And Companion to the Flower-garden by Loudon (Jane), Andrew Jackson Downing (1843)
"The common myrtle, M. communis, of which there are eight or ten very distinct
varieties, ... The handsomest varieties of the common Myrtle are the Roman, ..."
3. A History of the Vegetable Kingdom: Embracing the Physiology of Plants, with by William Rhind (1857)
"The common myrtle (m. communia}, is a native of the South of Europe, ... There are
several varieties of the common myrtle; as, the broad-leaved, box-leaved, ..."
4. The English Flower Garden and Home Grounds: Design and Arrangement Shown by by William Robinson (1907)
"But the common Myrtle is most generally grown as a wall- shrub, and house walls
could not ... There are many varieties of the common Myrtle, every one with ..."
5. Henderson's Handbook of Plants and General Horticulture \ by Peter Henderson (1910)
"The common Myrtle, M. communia, of which there are eight or ten very distinct
varieties, ... The handsomest varieties of the common Myrtle are the Boman, ..."
6. The English Flower Garden and Home Grounds: Design and Arrangement Shown by by William Robinson, F. L. S., William Robinson (1906)
"But the common Myrtle is most generally grown as a wall- shrub, and house walls
could not ... There arc many varieties of the common Myrtle, every one with ..."
7. The Trees of America: Native and Foreign, Pictorially and Botanically by Daniel Jay Browne (1846)
"Milton places this tree in the bower of Eve. Propagation, Culture, fyc. All the
varieties of the common myrtle are readily propagated by cuttings ..."
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