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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... ) , 228 Tulips ( double ) , 247 248 · Dielytra , 228 Triteleja , 250 • American Cowslip , 229 Vinca , 250 Winter Aconite , 229 Viola tricolor ( Pansy ) , 251 Dog's - tooth violet , 230 Viola cornuta , 253 • X CONTENTS .
... ) , 228 Tulips ( double ) , 247 248 · Dielytra , 228 Triteleja , 250 • American Cowslip , 229 Vinca , 250 Winter Aconite , 229 Viola tricolor ( Pansy ) , 251 Dog's - tooth violet , 230 Viola cornuta , 253 • X CONTENTS .
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... double . Indeed it is difficult to get singles enough among the purple and white to perpetuate them . They are , moreover , so hardy , that all the care they require is to be sown under a common handglass in spring , and they are ...
... double . Indeed it is difficult to get singles enough among the purple and white to perpetuate them . They are , moreover , so hardy , that all the care they require is to be sown under a common handglass in spring , and they are ...
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... double mats ; at other times , and during not very bright days , one mat is sufficient . In fact , everything is now done to keep them cool . If the evenings are calm , the lights are either tilted up or drawn off for a few AUTUMN ...
... double mats ; at other times , and during not very bright days , one mat is sufficient . In fact , everything is now done to keep them cool . If the evenings are calm , the lights are either tilted up or drawn off for a few AUTUMN ...
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... double them- selves every year . They can also be increased by pre- serving the young bulbs about the size of peas , which form about the sides and bottoms of the parent bulbs . These should be preserved by being mixed with light damp ...
... double them- selves every year . They can also be increased by pre- serving the young bulbs about the size of peas , which form about the sides and bottoms of the parent bulbs . These should be preserved by being mixed with light damp ...
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... double varieties must be propagated by cuttings , and May and June are good time for putting them in . They strike freely under handglasses , in light sandy soil , in a shady situation . When rooted , plant them out into beds as ...
... double varieties must be propagated by cuttings , and May and June are good time for putting them in . They strike freely under handglasses , in light sandy soil , in a shady situation . When rooted , plant them out into beds as ...
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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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