Handy Book of the Flower-garden...W. Blackwood, 1893 - 287 páginas |
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... that it is erroneous to estimate the merits of , or the pleasure derivable from , a flower - garden , more by its extent than by its arrangement and keep . One bed or border well planted and well kept will be more 6 THE FLOWER - GARDEN .
... that it is erroneous to estimate the merits of , or the pleasure derivable from , a flower - garden , more by its extent than by its arrangement and keep . One bed or border well planted and well kept will be more 6 THE FLOWER - GARDEN .
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... keeping the whole season , than which there is not anything else that so much affects the enjoyment and comfort of all concerned . The greatest possible amount of flower- gardening cannot be pleasing , or contribute to the enjoyment of ...
... keeping the whole season , than which there is not anything else that so much affects the enjoyment and comfort of all concerned . The greatest possible amount of flower- gardening cannot be pleasing , or contribute to the enjoyment of ...
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... keeps up a long succession of bloom , has not been so striking as in the Pelargonium . Nevertheless , since the days when C. rugosa and C. angustifolia were the best , much has been gained . Of Dahlias a new race of dwarfs has been ...
... keeps up a long succession of bloom , has not been so striking as in the Pelargonium . Nevertheless , since the days when C. rugosa and C. angustifolia were the best , much has been gained . Of Dahlias a new race of dwarfs has been ...
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... keep up a fine line of bloom for four or five months . The latter begins to bloom when uvaria ceases , and it is fre- quently fine at Christmas . Notwithstanding the fact that hardy Herbaceous plants have come more to the front these ...
... keep up a fine line of bloom for four or five months . The latter begins to bloom when uvaria ceases , and it is fre- quently fine at Christmas . Notwithstanding the fact that hardy Herbaceous plants have come more to the front these ...
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... keep the boxes from rotting . They should have as much water given to them through a fine rose as will wet the whole of the soil , and settle it well about the cuttings , and afterwards be kept in a medium state of moisture . If they ...
... keep the boxes from rotting . They should have as much water given to them through a fine rose as will wet the whole of the soil , and settle it well about the cuttings , and afterwards be kept in a medium state of moisture . If they ...
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9 inches Ageratum alba Alyssum annuals April Arabis Aubrietia aurea autumn banded beautiful bloom blue Lobelia bright bulbs Calceolaria Centaurea ragusina centre Cerastium Cerastium tomentosum Coleus colour contrast crimson Crocus Crown 8vo cuttings Dactylis glomerata Daisy dark double dwarf early easily Echeveria Edition effective evergreen feet feet-June flore-pleno flower-garden flowering plants foliage foot frost Gazania Gazania splendens golden Pelargonium green ground groundwork group of beds grow hardy harmony Hedera herbaceous Iresine Iresine Herbstii Iresine Lindenii japonica July June leaf-mould light lilac loam Lobelia Lobelia speciosa Madame manure mixed borders Narcissus Nemophila orange panel Pansy pendula Perilla Phlox pink pots Primula vulgaris propagation purple Viola Pyrethrum recommended require Rhododendron rich soil rockwork roots rose rows Scarlet Pelargonium season Sempervivum shaded shrubs Silene pendula sowing sown spring-flowering Stock suitable summer surface transplanted variegated Pelargonium variegatum variety Verbena Viola violet winter Yucca Yucca aloifolia
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