Handy Book of the Flower-garden: Being Practical Directions for the Propagation, Culture, and Arrangement of Plants in Flower-gardens All the Year RoundW. Blackwood, 1868 - 364 páginas |
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... allowed that the present style of flower - gardening has a higher claim to that virtue than any that has preceded it . To decry mixed borders of flowers of various heights and colours , and say that no delight is derivable from them ...
... allowed that the present style of flower - gardening has a higher claim to that virtue than any that has preceded it . To decry mixed borders of flowers of various heights and colours , and say that no delight is derivable from them ...
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... allowed be in pro- portion . What is contended for is , that a small garden , well arranged and highly kept , must , in the nature of things , be far more productive of enjoyment , and tend more to the advancement of the art , than a ...
... allowed be in pro- portion . What is contended for is , that a small garden , well arranged and highly kept , must , in the nature of things , be far more productive of enjoyment , and tend more to the advancement of the art , than a ...
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... allowed to drop on to the surface of the soil to breed decay . The frames should not be shut up by night or day , for stagnant air and shade increase any tendency there may be to damping - off . In cold damp localities I would advise ...
... allowed to drop on to the surface of the soil to breed decay . The frames should not be shut up by night or day , for stagnant air and shade increase any tendency there may be to damping - off . In cold damp localities I would advise ...
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... allowed to remain in vineries and peach - houses till the foliage of the vines closes over them , otherwise they soon suffer from the absence of light . When removed from such houses , it is most desirable that the quarters for ...
... allowed to remain in vineries and peach - houses till the foliage of the vines closes over them , otherwise they soon suffer from the absence of light . When removed from such houses , it is most desirable that the quarters for ...
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... allowed to droop and get checked by being dried up . When all are in they re- ceive an extra watering , sufficient to moisten the whole of the 3 inches of soil , so that after - watering is rarely necessary till they have formed roots ...
... allowed to droop and get checked by being dried up . When all are in they re- ceive an extra watering , sufficient to moisten the whole of the 3 inches of soil , so that after - watering is rarely necessary till they have formed roots ...
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14 foot 9 inches Alyssum annuals April Arabis Aubrietia autumn banded beautiful bloom blue Lobelia Blue Pansy bulbs Calceolaria Canna Centaurea Ragusina centre Cerastium Cerastium tomentosum Coleus colour contrast crimson Crocus cuttings Dactylis Dactylis glomerata Daisy double dwarf early easily edged effective evergreen Fcap feet feet-June and July Ferns flore-pleno flower-garden flowering plants foliage foot-June frost Gazania golden Pelargonium ground ground-work group of beds grow growth hardy Iresine Iresine Herbstii June King Verbena Lastræa leaf-mould leaves light lilac lines loam Lobelia Lobelia speciosa manure mixed borders moisture Narcissus orange panel Pelargonium pendula Perilla pink pots Primula vulgaris propagation Purple King recommended require Rhododendron rich soil rock-work roots rose rosy rows sandy soil season seed shaded shrubs Silene pendula sowing sown spring Stock summer surface thrive Tulip variegated Pelargonium varieties Verbena Viola cornuta violet weather winter yellow Pansy Yucca Yucca aloifolia