My Garden Wild: And what I Grew ThereChatto & Windus, 1881 - 291 páginas |
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... leaf - mould , it made the best possible foundation for the rockery . Upon the larger and lower blocks smaller ones were placed , and so graded ( with earth between ) towards the top as to present a natural appearance . Here , as in ...
... leaf - mould , it made the best possible foundation for the rockery . Upon the larger and lower blocks smaller ones were placed , and so graded ( with earth between ) towards the top as to present a natural appearance . Here , as in ...
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... leaf- mould which collects in the crannies in which its roots are snugly ensconced , and in my garden I selected shallow holes in the higher , half shady , half sunny parts of my rock - work , in which to place my Polypodies , carefully ...
... leaf- mould which collects in the crannies in which its roots are snugly ensconced , and in my garden I selected shallow holes in the higher , half shady , half sunny parts of my rock - work , in which to place my Polypodies , carefully ...
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... leaf - mould , it will attain a length - for stem and leafy part of frond - of twelve and eighteen inches ; and in the dankest part of the hedge - bank of a deep Devonshire lane I have found fronds of this attractive plant two feet and ...
... leaf - mould , it will attain a length - for stem and leafy part of frond - of twelve and eighteen inches ; and in the dankest part of the hedge - bank of a deep Devonshire lane I have found fronds of this attractive plant two feet and ...
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... leaf - mould , which is always light and porous , and an admixture of loam that is largely composed of sand . Though so beautiful , it is amongst the hardiest of ferns , and I put it in my garden by the side of my Hard Ferns along the ...
... leaf - mould , which is always light and porous , and an admixture of loam that is largely composed of sand . Though so beautiful , it is amongst the hardiest of ferns , and I put it in my garden by the side of my Hard Ferns along the ...
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... leaf - mould , taking means , in the especial case of this fern , to place the root - stock well under jutting portions of rock . Close observation had shown me that the finest natural specimens of the Black Maidenhair Spleenwort were ...
... leaf - mould , taking means , in the especial case of this fern , to place the root - stock well under jutting portions of rock . Close observation had shown me that the finest natural specimens of the Black Maidenhair Spleenwort were ...
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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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