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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... SUMMER GROUPING , ETC. , CHAPTER II . PROPAGATION AND GENERAL TREATMENT OF PLANTS MOST SUITABLE FOR SUMMER AND AUTUMN DECORATION , Spring treatment of autumn- struck cuttings , Spring propagation , Soil suitable for them , Select list ...
... SUMMER GROUPING , ETC. , CHAPTER II . PROPAGATION AND GENERAL TREATMENT OF PLANTS MOST SUITABLE FOR SUMMER AND AUTUMN DECORATION , Spring treatment of autumn- struck cuttings , Spring propagation , Soil suitable for them , Select list ...
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... Summer Climbers for Berry - bearing evergreens , 265 walls , . 268 Hardy evergreens with variegated foliage , . Plants for vases and 266 • baskets , 269 CHAPTER XI . ARRANGEMENT OF COLOURS , 272 General remarks on planting 273 · of beds ...
... Summer Climbers for Berry - bearing evergreens , 265 walls , . 268 Hardy evergreens with variegated foliage , . Plants for vases and 266 • baskets , 269 CHAPTER XI . ARRANGEMENT OF COLOURS , 272 General remarks on planting 273 · of beds ...
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... summer and autumn shows are principally dependent on permanent herbaceous plants . The argument is consequently not well founded ; neither is it philosophical . Would the charm of our summer and autumn galaxy of bloom not cease to pro ...
... summer and autumn shows are principally dependent on permanent herbaceous plants . The argument is consequently not well founded ; neither is it philosophical . Would the charm of our summer and autumn galaxy of bloom not cease to pro ...
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... summer display combined ; but the effects that are now produced by what are dis- tinctly known as spring and summer and autumn flower- gardening , were not approached at any given time . The mixed style was carried out with less regard ...
... summer display combined ; but the effects that are now produced by what are dis- tinctly known as spring and summer and autumn flower- gardening , were not approached at any given time . The mixed style was carried out with less regard ...
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... summer , but , it must be admitted , without any striking design or effect . But Much could , no doubt , be and is said in favour of this promiscuous style , and probably the most weighty argument in its favour lies in the fact , that ...
... summer , but , it must be admitted , without any striking design or effect . But Much could , no doubt , be and is said in favour of this promiscuous style , and probably the most weighty argument in its favour lies in the fact , that ...
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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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