My Garden Wild: And what I Grew ThereChatto & Windus, 1881 - 291 páginas |
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... rachis of each frond con- trast well with the cheerful green of the leafy parts . The Male Fern is singularly hardy , and when once firmly established will steadily grow , and develop in time , in almost any soil , into a magnificent ...
... rachis of each frond con- trast well with the cheerful green of the leafy parts . The Male Fern is singularly hardy , and when once firmly established will steadily grow , and develop in time , in almost any soil , into a magnificent ...
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... rachis , the lobes thus formed being of a roundish , oblong , or egg shape , with blunt points ; the entire frond being also acutely egg - shaped , broad at the base , broader about the centre , and pointed at the apex . But my readers ...
... rachis , the lobes thus formed being of a roundish , oblong , or egg shape , with blunt points ; the entire frond being also acutely egg - shaped , broad at the base , broader about the centre , and pointed at the apex . But my readers ...
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... rachis , or central stem , grow , in opposite pairs , triangular pinnæ , and these are again divided into opposite pairs of pinnules , also triangular in form ; and the pinnules in their turn are cut , nearly or quite down to their mid ...
... rachis , or central stem , grow , in opposite pairs , triangular pinnæ , and these are again divided into opposite pairs of pinnules , also triangular in form ; and the pinnules in their turn are cut , nearly or quite down to their mid ...
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... rachis of the leafy frond are fan - shaped or half - moon - shaped - the lunar form has probably suggested the name of the little plant - pinnules of a deep green colour . However readily most hardy plants will recover from any dis ...
... rachis of the leafy frond are fan - shaped or half - moon - shaped - the lunar form has probably suggested the name of the little plant - pinnules of a deep green colour . However readily most hardy plants will recover from any dis ...
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... rachis and its branches , and the golden - green hue of the leafy portion of the frond , give a light and elegant aspect to this royal plant . My specimens throve ad- mirably , and added a distinct element of beauty to their ferny ...
... rachis and its branches , and the golden - green hue of the leafy portion of the frond , give a light and elegant aspect to this royal plant . My specimens throve ad- mirably , and added a distinct element of beauty to their ferny ...
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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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