Handy Book of the Flower-garden...W. Blackwood, 1893 - 287 páginas |
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... sort and colour together in quantities , so as to make each bed a distinct picture , and blend all into a harmonious whole , it must be admitted that it makes the work of the gardener much more an art than it was half a century ago ...
... sort and colour together in quantities , so as to make each bed a distinct picture , and blend all into a harmonious whole , it must be admitted that it makes the work of the gardener much more an art than it was half a century ago ...
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... sorts in a group , but that this system has been allowed to drive from many gardens those beautiful hardy herbaceous and bulbous plants which should always form one of the chief charms of every well - appointed garden . The object of ...
... sorts in a group , but that this system has been allowed to drive from many gardens those beautiful hardy herbaceous and bulbous plants which should always form one of the chief charms of every well - appointed garden . The object of ...
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... sort in winter . Many of our perfectly hardy shrubs and trees can be used in a young state with very striking effect ; and I hope the training of such in special ways for this purpose will one day be well worth the attention of ...
... sort in winter . Many of our perfectly hardy shrubs and trees can be used in a young state with very striking effect ; and I hope the training of such in special ways for this purpose will one day be well worth the attention of ...
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... sort of mutual concession , the flower - garden is being furnished with judicious selections , and not with an omnium gatherum of all sorts . In taking a retrospective glance at some of the plants which are now so extensively used , it ...
... sort of mutual concession , the flower - garden is being furnished with judicious selections , and not with an omnium gatherum of all sorts . In taking a retrospective glance at some of the plants which are now so extensively used , it ...
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... sort , they were never dreamed of nor hoped for . General Tom Thumb , the history of which is more like romance than reality ... sorts with zoned or horse - shoe leaves ; and , when properly managed , both varieties were very effective ...
... sort , they were never dreamed of nor hoped for . General Tom Thumb , the history of which is more like romance than reality ... sorts with zoned or horse - shoe leaves ; and , when properly managed , both varieties were very effective ...
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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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