Handbook of Hardy Herbaceous and Alpine FlowersBlackwood, 1871 - 321 páginas |
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Página ix
... kind . For until within the past few years , so little general interest had been taken for long previously in these old useful tribes of plants , that even the periodical press , on which we depend for guidance in our tastes and objects ...
... kind . For until within the past few years , so little general interest had been taken for long previously in these old useful tribes of plants , that even the periodical press , on which we depend for guidance in our tastes and objects ...
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... kind of information they are in search of does not exist in a collective , handy , and inexpensive form , and that it is only attainable at great cost , and by wading through libraries accessible only to the few , or by studying the ...
... kind of information they are in search of does not exist in a collective , handy , and inexpensive form , and that it is only attainable at great cost , and by wading through libraries accessible only to the few , or by studying the ...
Página xv
... kind ceases to appear . In so vast a realm nature has scattered practically limit- less stores of floral wealth . Much of it already lies within our reach , tempting us to appropriate and make it our own ; but in the wide untrodden ...
... kind ceases to appear . In so vast a realm nature has scattered practically limit- less stores of floral wealth . Much of it already lies within our reach , tempting us to appropriate and make it our own ; but in the wide untrodden ...
Página xxvi
... kind are very numerous . Indeed it may safely be assumed of the majority of the gardens in this country , that the extent of " bedding - out " carried on in them is done under diffi- culty more or less , and to some extent in many cases ...
... kind are very numerous . Indeed it may safely be assumed of the majority of the gardens in this country , that the extent of " bedding - out " carried on in them is done under diffi- culty more or less , and to some extent in many cases ...
Página xxxiii
... kind does not exist in nature , nor can it reasonably be expected to do so in cultiva- tion ; and as we should aim at the best results in this as in all kinds of work , it is well to bear in mind that they are only attainable by the ...
... kind does not exist in nature , nor can it reasonably be expected to do so in cultiva- tion ; and as we should aim at the best results in this as in all kinds of work , it is well to bear in mind that they are only attainable by 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