Handbook of Hardy Herbaceous and Alpine FlowersBlackwood, 1871 - 321 páginas |
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... colour and duration of the flowers . To have de- scribed the more minute features and organs on which the exact generic and specific characters are founded , would have necessitated the employment of technicali- ties by no means ...
... colour and duration of the flowers . To have de- scribed the more minute features and organs on which the exact generic and specific characters are founded , would have necessitated the employment of technicali- ties by no means ...
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... colour , either in the form of edgings- though in that way their quaint style may be proper only in rare cases or in beds by themselves , either isolated or connected with colour . A small number of herbaceous plants - or if not all ...
... colour , either in the form of edgings- though in that way their quaint style may be proper only in rare cases or in beds by themselves , either isolated or connected with colour . A small number of herbaceous plants - or if not all ...
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... colour , the most sweet and attractive , of those of all other seasons . It may be that the comparatively dreary circumstances under which they appear has by contrast the effect of height- ening their beauty and worth . While Flora's ...
... colour , the most sweet and attractive , of those of all other seasons . It may be that the comparatively dreary circumstances under which they appear has by contrast the effect of height- ening their beauty and worth . While Flora's ...
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... colour and form , and every feature that constitutes individuality in plants , and the flowers of all seasons are indispensable also in the practice of it . Thus spring , summer , and autumn flower - gardening may be carried on in the ...
... colour and form , and every feature that constitutes individuality in plants , and the flowers of all seasons are indispensable also in the practice of it . Thus spring , summer , and autumn flower - gardening may be carried on in the ...
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... colour , stature , and general fitness and congruity , must be regarded with equal care in the one as in the other , if taste and beauty are to be exemplified in either . And there is this superiority in the mixed style over the massing ...
... colour , stature , and general fitness and congruity , must be regarded with equal care in the one as in the other , if taste and beauty are to be exemplified in either . And there is this superiority in the mixed style over the massing ...
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Handbook of Hardy Herbaceous and Alpine Flowers William Sutherland (Gardener to the Earl of Minto.) Visualização integral - 1871 |
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18 inches high 9 inches adapted alpine plants Alps appear in June beautiful beds blue border-plant branches clothed cold frame colour corolla corymbs cultivation culture cuttings deep dense distinct dwarf early summer easily egg-shaped erect Fcap feet high flower-garden flower-heads flower-stems flowers are large Flowers in April Flowers in June foliage foot high freely garden-soil gardens genus glaucous habit hairy handsome hardy height herbaceous plants increased by division inflorescence July and August June and July lance-shaped loam lobes masses mixed border moist Native of Britain Native of North naturalising North America numerous oblong ornamental ornamental plants pale panicles peat perennial petals pink places plant grows pots pretty propagated by division purple Pyrenees racemes rich rockwork roots sandy loam seed sepals shade showy shrubs Siberia soil southern Europe species grows spikes spring stalks stems succeed terminal toothed tufts umbels variegated varieties warm well-drained winter