Handy book of the flower-gardenW. Blackwood, 1868 - 364 páginas |
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... season of full bloom be greatly protracted . It is to my mind questionable whether this be either a well - founded ... seasons brings its own peculiar beauty and charm . If , instead of change , we had one continuity of song , leafy wood ...
... season of full bloom be greatly protracted . It is to my mind questionable whether this be either a well - founded ... seasons brings its own peculiar beauty and charm . If , instead of change , we had one continuity of song , leafy wood ...
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... season , than which there is not anything else that so much affects the enjoyment and comfort of all con- cerned . The greatest possible amount of flower - gardening cannot be pleasing , or contribute to the enjoyment of ladies and ...
... season , than which there is not anything else that so much affects the enjoyment and comfort of all con- cerned . The greatest possible amount of flower - gardening cannot be pleasing , or contribute to the enjoyment of ladies and ...
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... seasons of the year , yield a magnificent profusion of bloom . To point out the won- derful improvement which has been wrought in the Rose , would indeed be needless . But for purely parterre work we would not recommend their use very ...
... seasons of the year , yield a magnificent profusion of bloom . To point out the won- derful improvement which has been wrought in the Rose , would indeed be needless . But for purely parterre work we would not recommend their use very ...
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... seasons when there is a pause in their blooming - except , indeed , it be Chinas - that would mar the unity of designs ; and for that reason I would recommend them to be grown in beds or borders by themselves ; and what can be more ...
... seasons when there is a pause in their blooming - except , indeed , it be Chinas - that would mar the unity of designs ; and for that reason I would recommend them to be grown in beds or borders by themselves ; and what can be more ...
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... season the cuttings should be selected even larger than I have recommended for early propagation ; and 8 - inch pots are preferable to boxes for striking in , inasmuch as their depth gives more room for thorough drainage , which is ...
... season the cuttings should be selected even larger than I have recommended for early propagation ; and 8 - inch pots are preferable to boxes for striking in , inasmuch as their depth gives more room for thorough drainage , which is ...
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Alyssum annuals April Arabis Aubrietia autumn banded beautiful bloom blue Lobelia Blue Pansy bulbs Calceolaria Centaurea Centaurea Ragusina centre Cerastium tomentosum Chrysanthemum Sensation Coleus colour contrast Crimson King Crocus cuttings Dactylis glomerata double dwarf early easily edged with blue effective evergreen Fcap feet feet-June and July flore-pleno flower-garden flowering plants foliage foot-April frost garden Gazania Gazania splendens golden Pelargonium green ground ground-work group of beds grow hardy heat Hedera Iresine Herbstii Japonica June King Verbena Lastræa leaf-mould leaves light lilac loam Lobelia Lobelia speciosa manure mixed borders Narcissus orange panel pendula Perilla pink pots propagation Purple King purple Pansy recommended red Daisy require Rhododendrons rich soil rock-work roots rose rosy rows scarlet Pelargonium season shade shrubs Silene pendula silver variegated sowing sown spring spring-flowering Stock summer surface Tulip variegated Pelargonium variety Verbena Viola cornuta Viola lutea violet winter yellow Pansy Yucca aloifolia
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