My Garden Wild: And what I Grew ThereChatto & Windus, 1881 - 291 páginas |
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... sometimes on one side and sometimes on both ; now climbing with difficulty a steep lane with ferny hedge - banks and overarching foliage ; now de- scending by some white - walled cottages , with ample gardens stretching in their rear ...
... sometimes on one side and sometimes on both ; now climbing with difficulty a steep lane with ferny hedge - banks and overarching foliage ; now de- scending by some white - walled cottages , with ample gardens stretching in their rear ...
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... sometimes on the wings of the wind , and sometimes on wings of their own - into almost every nook and cranny of our towns , developing at once into green life where the necessary conditions of such growth are present ; and , where these ...
... sometimes on the wings of the wind , and sometimes on wings of their own - into almost every nook and cranny of our towns , developing at once into green life where the necessary conditions of such growth are present ; and , where these ...
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... sometimes penetrate to a depth of fifteen feet ; but the depth will vary with the size of the plant and with the nature of the soil . In transplanting , it is best to select specimens that are not too large , growing in somewhat shallow ...
... sometimes penetrate to a depth of fifteen feet ; but the depth will vary with the size of the plant and with the nature of the soil . In transplanting , it is best to select specimens that are not too large , growing in somewhat shallow ...
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... sometimes golden - coloured ) stem or stipes of the frond is ordinarily about the same length as the leafy part , and the latter is what is called pinnatifid , that is , cleft on each side nearly down to the mid - stem or rachis , the ...
... sometimes golden - coloured ) stem or stipes of the frond is ordinarily about the same length as the leafy part , and the latter is what is called pinnatifid , that is , cleft on each side nearly down to the mid - stem or rachis , the ...
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... sometimes grow with great luxuriance in the shady side of a hedge - bank , especially when sheltered by shrubbery , and when their roots are embedded in the crevices of loose slate - rock , or other stone which may form part of the ...
... sometimes grow with great luxuriance in the shady side of a hedge - bank , especially when sheltered by shrubbery , and when their roots are embedded in the crevices of loose slate - rock , or other stone which may form part of the ...
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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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