My Garden Wild: And what I Grew ThereChatto & Windus, 1881 - 291 páginas |
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... charm .'— Bookseller . 1. THE FERN WORLD . Sixth Edition 2. THE FERN PARADISE . Sixth Edition 3. OUR WOODLAND TREES . Third Edition 4. SYLVAN SPRING • 5. HEATH'S GILPIN'S FOREST SCENERY . 6. PEASANT LIFE . Fourth Edition . 12/6 12/6 ...
... charm .'— Bookseller . 1. THE FERN WORLD . Sixth Edition 2. THE FERN PARADISE . Sixth Edition 3. OUR WOODLAND TREES . Third Edition 4. SYLVAN SPRING • 5. HEATH'S GILPIN'S FOREST SCENERY . 6. PEASANT LIFE . Fourth Edition . 12/6 12/6 ...
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... built . These , left in their native hue , contrasted with others of whitewashed brick or stone or coloured rubble work . The pervading and exceeding greenness of its surroundings was the especial charm of B 2 MY DREAM . 19.
... built . These , left in their native hue , contrasted with others of whitewashed brick or stone or coloured rubble work . The pervading and exceeding greenness of its surroundings was the especial charm of B 2 MY DREAM . 19.
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... charm of this little town , and in spite of the stone wall enclosures of its dwellings , the native flora of the district made itself thoroughly at home , growing not only in gardens but on garden walls , and even on house walls ...
... charm of this little town , and in spite of the stone wall enclosures of its dwellings , the native flora of the district made itself thoroughly at home , growing not only in gardens but on garden walls , and even on house walls ...
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... the aspect of veritable fairyland . The change and the charm were wrought by the almost mysterious presence of ferns , which clothed the bottom of the hollow and draped its grassy sides . Great glossy fronds 30 MY GARDEN WILD .
... the aspect of veritable fairyland . The change and the charm were wrought by the almost mysterious presence of ferns , which clothed the bottom of the hollow and draped its grassy sides . Great glossy fronds 30 MY GARDEN WILD .
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... charm in their pro- fusion ) , I must here give some description of my garden Lady Ferns . Botanists call the Lady Fern , Athyrium filix - foemina , but the common popular designation is very appropriate . It has been recorded in ninety ...
... charm in their pro- fusion ) , I must here give some description of my garden Lady Ferns . Botanists call the Lady Fern , Athyrium filix - foemina , but the common popular designation is very appropriate . It has been recorded in ninety ...
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abundant amongst banks beautiful BESANT and JAMES blossoms botanical districts branches BRET HARTE Buckler Fern Buttercups calyx CHARLES GIBBON charming cloth extra clumps colour Common corolla Crowfoot Crown 8vo delightful districts except 46 Edition feet Fern-The flowers foot forest fronds garden wild gilt Grass green lane greensward grew ground growing growth habitats hairy Hard Fern hardy Heath hedge hedge-banks height hundred and twelve inches indented JAMES PAYN JAMES RICE JUSTIN MCCARTHY lance-shaped Lastrea leaf leaf-mould leaflets leafy leaves little plant lobes Maidenhair Spleenwort Marsh Meadow moist natural numerous Illustrations oftentimes opposite pairs OUIDA panicle petals pinnæ pinnules placed Polypody Post 8vo pretty purple racemes rachis Ranunculus Recorded in districts rhizomas rock rockery rootlets roots shady shrub shrubbery side soil sometimes species specimens spikelets Spleenwort stems Sweet Tormentil trees tricts twelve botanical districts Violet Vols WALTER BESANT whilst WILKIE COLLINS woodland woods yellow
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