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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... leaves ; and , when properly managed , both varieties are very effective , although dark - zoned leaves are not now so highly prized in a bed of scarlet - flowered Pelargoniums . About 1850 , Flower of The Day com- menced the era , and ...
... leaves ; and , when properly managed , both varieties are very effective , although dark - zoned leaves are not now so highly prized in a bed of scarlet - flowered Pelargoniums . About 1850 , Flower of The Day com- menced the era , and ...
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... leaf , the colours of the rainbow , and vie , in beauty of marking , with the tenants of our stoves . Looking at Verbenas , I cannot help recording my con- viction , that the ... leaves , it would be a 18 REVIEW OF THE PRINCIPAL PLANTS.
... leaf , the colours of the rainbow , and vie , in beauty of marking , with the tenants of our stoves . Looking at Verbenas , I cannot help recording my con- viction , that the ... leaves , it would be a 18 REVIEW OF THE PRINCIPAL PLANTS.
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David Thomson. variety , with silvery leaves , it would be a great acquisi- tion . As a distinct species , now more generally pressed into service , what can excel Verbena venosa ? It stands unrivalled by any other for producing a mass ...
David Thomson. variety , with silvery leaves , it would be a great acquisi- tion . As a distinct species , now more generally pressed into service , what can excel Verbena venosa ? It stands unrivalled by any other for producing a mass ...
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... leaf , with a sharp , thin - bladed knife ; remove the leaves close to the stem up to the third joint . They are then ready for insertion , which should be attended to before the cutting becomes flaccid . They should be dibbled in with ...
... leaf , with a sharp , thin - bladed knife ; remove the leaves close to the stem up to the third joint . They are then ready for insertion , which should be attended to before the cutting becomes flaccid . They should be dibbled in with ...
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... leaves become crowded , some of them should be removed , to allow a circulation of air about the young plants . They may stand outdoors till danger from frost or drenching rains be apprehended , which time depends considerably on the ...
... leaves become crowded , some of them should be removed , to allow a circulation of air about the young plants . They may stand outdoors till danger from frost or drenching rains be apprehended , which time depends considerably on the ...
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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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