My Garden Wild: And what I Grew ThereChatto & Windus, 1881 - 291 páginas |
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... FLOWERY GRASS BANKS 107 • IX . A GARDEN GREEN LANE 165 X. MY HEDGE - BANKS 185 XI . CLUMPS . 201 XII . ' WEEDS ' 207 ' XIII . OTHER FLOWERS I GREW 213 XIV . L'ENVOI 257 MY GARDEN KEY 263 23-4032 MY GARDEN WILD . I. PREFATORY . IF , in.
... FLOWERY GRASS BANKS 107 • IX . A GARDEN GREEN LANE 165 X. MY HEDGE - BANKS 185 XI . CLUMPS . 201 XII . ' WEEDS ' 207 ' XIII . OTHER FLOWERS I GREW 213 XIV . L'ENVOI 257 MY GARDEN KEY 263 23-4032 MY GARDEN WILD . I. PREFATORY . IF , in.
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... hedge - rows lopped into maypoles , clipped yews , lime hedges , and pollards - describing them as ' disagreeable ' to the eye . Continuing , in his simple and unaffected style , he remarks : Not only all forms that are un- natural ...
... hedge - rows lopped into maypoles , clipped yews , lime hedges , and pollards - describing them as ' disagreeable ' to the eye . Continuing , in his simple and unaffected style , he remarks : Not only all forms that are un- natural ...
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... hedge - banks and overarching foliage ; now de- scending by some white - walled cottages , with ample gardens stretching in their rear ; anon passing away from every sign or hint of dwellings once more into a green lane ; then across a ...
... hedge - banks and overarching foliage ; now de- scending by some white - walled cottages , with ample gardens stretching in their rear ; anon passing away from every sign or hint of dwellings once more into a green lane ; then across a ...
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... moor , of copse or forest , of marsh or sandy common , or even of country roadside or village hedge- bank ; bring in the soil of such places , and take measures , if you please , to kill all vegetable FIRST PRINCIPLES . 39.
... moor , of copse or forest , of marsh or sandy common , or even of country roadside or village hedge- bank ; bring in the soil of such places , and take measures , if you please , to kill all vegetable FIRST PRINCIPLES . 39.
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... hedge - bank tree- trunk or shrub , a compact mass - roots and leaf- mould being oftentimes a foot square . Occasionally the rootlets may be found intertwined with pieces of de- cayed wood , or attached by the adhesion of the smallest ...
... hedge - bank tree- trunk or shrub , a compact mass - roots and leaf- mould being oftentimes a foot square . Occasionally the rootlets may be found intertwined with pieces of de- cayed wood , or attached by the adhesion of the smallest ...
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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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