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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... rich , damp , 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 ...
... rich , damp , 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 ...
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... rich soil , consisting of one part loam , one part finely - sifted rotten dung , and about a fifth of the whole of sand ; and the pots are filled up firmly with loam , leaf - mould , and sand , in equal propor- tions . The whole is ...
... rich soil , consisting of one part loam , one part finely - sifted rotten dung , and about a fifth of the whole of sand ; and the pots are filled up firmly with loam , leaf - mould , and sand , in equal propor- tions . The whole is ...
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... soil fully richer and the pots a size smaller for the variegated sorts , especially the slower- growing varieties . They should not be allowed to remain in vineries and peach - houses till the foliage of the vines closes over them ...
... soil fully richer and the pots a size smaller for the variegated sorts , especially the slower- growing varieties . They should not be allowed to remain in vineries and peach - houses till the foliage of the vines closes over them ...
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... soil is cold . What they thrive best in is a rich , light , well - drained soil , with a moderate amount of wet . Where the soil is sandy , dry , and poor , they never thrive well , nor increase much in size . In such situations they ...
... soil is cold . What they thrive best in is a rich , light , well - drained soil , with a moderate amount of wet . Where the soil is sandy , dry , and poor , they never thrive well , nor increase much in size . In such situations they ...
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... soil used should be light and moderately rich . One part loam , one part leaf - mould , and one part sand , makes a fine compost , sifted through a half - inch sieve , to make it sufficiently fine to be easily worked or packed closely ...
... soil used should be light and moderately rich . One part loam , one part leaf - mould , and one part sand , makes a fine compost , sifted through a half - inch sieve , to make it sufficiently fine to be easily worked or packed closely ...
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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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