Populars flowers [ed. by R. Tyas] 3 ser1854 |
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... . It is gathered about the middle of December . It has a faint smell when first stowed in the warehouses , and is heard to crack spontaneously for many weeks . In the Deccan , where this tree is common , it is 2 THE ACACIA .
... . It is gathered about the middle of December . It has a faint smell when first stowed in the warehouses , and is heard to crack spontaneously for many weeks . In the Deccan , where this tree is common , it is 2 THE ACACIA .
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... week , the first sign of life is the protrusion or oozing out of the member lying between the bark and the fibrous or woody part of the stem . This swelling projection is sooner or later resolved into slender fibres , which spread ...
... week , the first sign of life is the protrusion or oozing out of the member lying between the bark and the fibrous or woody part of the stem . This swelling projection is sooner or later resolved into slender fibres , which spread ...
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... week in December , a plant about three feet high , in common with others , was cut back to within the two last buds of the same season's growth , and placed upon an inverted pot on the east side of a stove platform , where it had the ...
... week in December , a plant about three feet high , in common with others , was cut back to within the two last buds of the same season's growth , and placed upon an inverted pot on the east side of a stove platform , where it had the ...
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... weeks , being but occasionally watered , and now and then syringed . The plant was extremely slow in the development ... week , and copious syringings substituted , when requisite . By this treatment the plant soon assumed its wonted ...
... weeks , being but occasionally watered , and now and then syringed . The plant was extremely slow in the development ... week , and copious syringings substituted , when requisite . By this treatment the plant soon assumed its wonted ...
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... weeks . At this time a little air should be admitted under the glass by raising it on one side , and supporting it in that position by means of a piece of wood . A week later they will be ready to remove to the greenhouse , where they ...
... weeks . At this time a little air should be admitted under the glass by raising it on one side , and supporting it in that position by means of a piece of wood . A week later they will be ready to remove to the greenhouse , where they ...
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abundant Acacia ACHIMENES admiration ample drainage Anemone Anemone Japonica Antirrhinum autumn Azalea bear beauty bell-glass bloom blossoms border bottom branches bright buds bulbs CAMPANULA PYRAMIDALIS Christmas cold frame Collodion colour compost covered cow-dung Crocus cultivation Cuttings planted damp early Epacris favourable feet filled flower-buds flowers foliage formed frost garden genus Gladiolus graft greenhouse grow grown growth habit hardy heat Heaths herbaceous Hoya bella hybrids inches layer leaf-mould leaves light loam longiflora manure moist moisture months Natalensis native Number of Cuttings pale pans placed pots Primrose procure propagated quantity removed render repotted require Rhododendron Rhododendron arboreum rich ripening roots sandy peat scion season seedlings seeds shaded shifted shoots shrub silver sand soil soon sown species spring stems stove sufficient summer supply of water surface taken thrive tion treatment tube tubers varieties violet winter wood Wood Anemone yellow young plants
Passagens conhecidas
Página 3 - Weak with nice sense the chaste Mimosa stands, From each rude touch withdraws her timid hands; Oft as light clouds o'erpass the summer glade...
Página v - Time's never-ceasing flight, and tell us truths divine. You, as the changing Seasons roll along, Still wait on each, and added beauties lend:— Around the smiling Spring a lovely throng With eager rivalry her steps attend ; Others with Summer's brighter glories blend; Some grace mild Autumn's more majestic mien; While some few lingering blooms the brow befriend Of hoary Winter, and with grace serene Inwreath the King of storms with Mercy's gentler sheen.
Página 2 - In solitude ; — Like patience, thou Art quiet in thy earth, Instructing Hope that Virtue's birth Is Feeling's vow. Thy fancied bride! — The delicate Snow-drop, keeps Her home with thee; she wakes and sleeps Near thy true side. Will man but hear ! A simple flower can tell What beauties in his mind should dwell Through Passion's sphere.
Página 1 - Th' autumnal bulb, till pale, declining days ? The GOD of SEASONS ; whose pervading power Controls the sun, or sheds the fleecy shower : He bids each flower His quick'ning word obey; Or to each lingering bloom enjoins delay.
Página 6 - No word the old man utters, — His earnest eyes grow dim ; One spot beyond the salt sea Is present now to him. There blooms the earliest primrose, His father's grave hard by ; There lieth all his kindred, There he shall never lie. The living mass moves onward, The Lady and her train ; They press upon her path still, To look and look again. Yet on she moves securely, No guards are needed there ; Of her they hem so closely They would not harm a hair. Be blessings on that Lady ! Be blessings on that...