Handbook of Hardy Herbaceous and Alpine FlowersBlackwood, 1871 - 321 páginas |
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... plant from an ornamental point of view . In pursuance of this object , I have confined my attention chiefly to those features of plants which are essential to the produc- tion of effect in the flower - garden , such as stature , habit ...
... plant from an ornamental point of view . In pursuance of this object , I have confined my attention chiefly to those features of plants which are essential to the produc- tion of effect in the flower - garden , such as stature , habit ...
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... flower - garden- ing . To the credit of the leaders in the present day- those who , having the genius , and are otherwise favour- ably circumstanced for conceiving and developing the principles of the massing system to perfection - it ...
... flower - garden- ing . To the credit of the leaders in the present day- those who , having the genius , and are otherwise favour- ably circumstanced for conceiving and developing the principles of the massing system to perfection - it ...
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... flower - garden may conveniently be dispensed with . And when nature fails to lure us to her haunts , when we begin to value most highly the comforts of home and its environs , then our flower - gardens begin to fail to yield pleasure ...
... flower - garden may conveniently be dispensed with . And when nature fails to lure us to her haunts , when we begin to value most highly the comforts of home and its environs , then our flower - gardens begin to fail to yield pleasure ...
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... flower - garden , which is characterised by quaintness of aspect and quiet tints of foliage . Noteworthy in the first group are Cerastium , various Sedums and Saxifrages , the bronze - leaved Ajuga , the variegated form of the Shining ...
... flower - garden , which is characterised by quaintness of aspect and quiet tints of foliage . Noteworthy in the first group are Cerastium , various Sedums and Saxifrages , the bronze - leaved Ajuga , the variegated form of the Shining ...
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... flowers that deck the parterre in the fashionable flower- garden may be pointed to with some exultation by the " bedding " gardener as the perfection of brilliancy , dense- ness , and duration in flowers ; but they cannot compare with the ...
... flowers that deck the parterre in the fashionable flower- garden may be pointed to with some exultation by the " bedding " gardener as the perfection of brilliancy , dense- ness , and duration in flowers ; but they cannot compare with the ...
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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