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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... heavy rains , they can be covered with glass , all the better ; but glass is not necessary for any other purpose in striking them . In about three weeks they will be well rooted , and commencing to grow . All the blooms , and the very ...
... heavy rains , they can be covered with glass , all the better ; but glass is not necessary for any other purpose in striking them . In about three weeks they will be well rooted , and commencing to grow . All the blooms , and the very ...
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... heavy soils , more particularly in wet localities . In such localities , the beds , if possible , should be made up of soil more light and porous than is desirable for dry situations . The depth of soil should be less , and the beds ...
... heavy soils , more particularly in wet localities . In such localities , the beds , if possible , should be made up of soil more light and porous than is desirable for dry situations . The depth of soil should be less , and the beds ...
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... heavy soil , to make it dry and porous . It is a good plan to go over Pelargonium beds , which have a tendency to strong growth , about the be- ginning of August , and pinch just the terminal bud out of each shoot . This checks the wood ...
... heavy soil , to make it dry and porous . It is a good plan to go over Pelargonium beds , which have a tendency to strong growth , about the be- ginning of August , and pinch just the terminal bud out of each shoot . This checks the wood ...
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... heavy rains ; and in this case , if they can be sheltered from these , they are best left out till near the end of October . This will be better for them than placing them in a room , unless the trouble be taken to set them outdoors ...
... heavy rains ; and in this case , if they can be sheltered from these , they are best left out till near the end of October . This will be better for them than placing them in a room , unless the trouble be taken to set them outdoors ...
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... heavy rains . They grow rapidly , and are repeatedly stopped and kept free from bloom - buds as they grow . They are placed in their winter - quarters about the middle of October , and by that time they are strong healthy plants ...
... heavy rains . They grow rapidly , and are repeatedly stopped and kept free from bloom - buds as they grow . They are placed in their winter - quarters about the middle of October , and by that time they are strong healthy plants ...
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Handy-Book of the Flower-Garden, being practical directions for the ... David Thomson Visualização integral - 1868 |
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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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