Handy-Book of the Flower-Garden, being practical directions for the propagation, culture, and arrangement of plants in flower-gardens all the year round. [With illustrations.]W. Blackwood and sons, 1868 - 364 páginas |
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... Verbena venosa , . 70 Heliotropes , 91 Lobelia erinus speciosa , 71 Iresine Herbstii , 92 Polemonium cæruleum varie- Koniga variegata , 92 gatum , 72 Lobelia erinus Paxtonii , 93 • Gladioli , 74 Lobelias , perennial herbaceous , 92 ...
... Verbena venosa , . 70 Heliotropes , 91 Lobelia erinus speciosa , 71 Iresine Herbstii , 92 Polemonium cæruleum varie- Koniga variegata , 92 gatum , 72 Lobelia erinus Paxtonii , 93 • Gladioli , 74 Lobelias , perennial herbaceous , 92 ...
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... Verbena had a very considerable share in the advent of the grouping style , and helped to establish it . Verbenas made dense and dwarf masses of long - continued and brilliant colours possible , and were found of easy culture . For ...
... Verbena had a very considerable share in the advent of the grouping style , and helped to establish it . Verbenas made dense and dwarf masses of long - continued and brilliant colours possible , and were found of easy culture . For ...
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... Verbena venosa ? It stands unrivalled by any other for producing a mass of purplish violet that withstands all weathers ; but in cold , late localities it does not succeed . A pure white Verbena , with the habit and profusion of the ...
... Verbena venosa ? It stands unrivalled by any other for producing a mass of purplish violet that withstands all weathers ; but in cold , late localities it does not succeed . A pure white Verbena , with the habit and profusion of the ...
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... Verbena cuttings , beyond their being short , stubby , fresh shoots , that have not yielded blooms , and become wiry and long - jointed . They are cut through at the third joint from the top , the two bottom leaves re- moved , and ...
... Verbena cuttings , beyond their being short , stubby , fresh shoots , that have not yielded blooms , and become wiry and long - jointed . They are cut through at the third joint from the top , the two bottom leaves re- moved , and ...
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... Verbena cuttings , according to their size , are put into each of these boxes . After being well watered , they are placed on the surface of the warm tan . Here they root in a few days , without any further watering or attention beyond ...
... Verbena cuttings , according to their size , are put into each of these boxes . After being well watered , they are placed on the surface of the warm tan . Here they root in a few days , without any further watering or attention beyond ...
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Handy-Book of the Flower-Garden, being practical directions for the ... David Thomson Visualização integral - 1868 |
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Palavras e frases frequentes
Alyssum annuals April Arabis Aubrietia autumn banded beautiful bloom blue Lobelia Blue Pansy bulbs Calceolaria Canna 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 frost 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 Perilla pink pots Primula vulgaris propagation Purple King purple Pansy recommended red Daisy require Rhododendron 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 violet winter yellow Pansy Yucca aloifolia
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