My Garden Wild: And what I Grew ThereChatto & Windus, 1881 - 291 páginas |
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... leaves upon which rested the magnificent blossoms of the White Water Lily ; whilst , on the pool borders , were masses of pink bloom upon the tall stems of flowering Rush and Greater Willow Herb , and below them a delightful undergrowth ...
... leaves upon which rested the magnificent blossoms of the White Water Lily ; whilst , on the pool borders , were masses of pink bloom upon the tall stems of flowering Rush and Greater Willow Herb , and below them a delightful undergrowth ...
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... leaves us lost in wonder . It is , however , wild Nature that produces the greatest subjects for wonder ; and there is no more interesting study than that of the marvellous manifes- tations of plant life upon what I may call , for ...
... leaves us lost in wonder . It is , however , wild Nature that produces the greatest subjects for wonder ; and there is no more interesting study than that of the marvellous manifes- tations of plant life upon what I may call , for ...
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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 , augmented , from year to year , by the annual fall of leaves from the overhanging trees . The flat coping - stones afforded protection to the mass of roots by keeping them moist ; and hence their vigour and luxuriance ...
... leaf - mould , augmented , from year to year , by the annual fall of leaves from the overhanging trees . The flat coping - stones afforded protection to the mass of roots by keeping them moist ; and hence their vigour and luxuriance ...
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... leaves . overhead produces leaf - mould . So in the garden it is necessary to extemporise a small marsh if it be desired to grow the beautiful Lastrea thelypteris . My plan was as follows . Near the end of my garden stream , just where ...
... leaves . overhead produces leaf - mould . So in the garden it is necessary to extemporise a small marsh if it be desired to grow the beautiful Lastrea thelypteris . My plan was as follows . Near the end of my garden stream , just where ...
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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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