Handy book of the flower-gardenW. Blackwood, 1868 - 364 sider |
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Side 5
... allowed that the present style of flower - gardening has a higher claim to that virtue than any that has preceded it . To decry mixed borders of flowers of various heights and colours , and say that no delight is derivable from them ...
... allowed that the present style of flower - gardening has a higher claim to that virtue than any that has preceded it . To decry mixed borders of flowers of various heights and colours , and say that no delight is derivable from them ...
Side 15
... allowed be in pro- portion . What is contended for is , that a small garden , well arranged and highly kept , must , in the nature of things , be far more productive of enjoyment , and tend more to the advancement of the art , than a ...
... allowed be in pro- portion . What is contended for is , that a small garden , well arranged and highly kept , must , in the nature of things , be far more productive of enjoyment , and tend more to the advancement of the art , than a ...
Side 40
... allowed to drop on to the surface of the soil to breed decay . The frames should not be shut up by night or day , for stagnant air and shade increase any tendency there may be to damping - off . In cold damp localities I would advise ...
... allowed to drop on to the surface of the soil to breed decay . The frames should not be shut up by night or day , for stagnant air and shade increase any tendency there may be to damping - off . In cold damp localities I would advise ...
Side 42
... allowed to remain in vineries and peach - houses till the foliage of the vines closes over them , otherwise they soon suffer from the absence of light . When removed from such houses , it is most desirable that the quarters for ...
... allowed to remain in vineries and peach - houses till the foliage of the vines closes over them , otherwise they soon suffer from the absence of light . When removed from such houses , it is most desirable that the quarters for ...
Side 53
... allowed to droop and get checked by being dried up . When all are in they re- ceive an extra watering , sufficient to moisten the whole of the 3 inches of soil , so that after - watering is rarely necessary till they have formed roots ...
... allowed to droop and get checked by being dried up . When all are in they re- ceive an extra watering , sufficient to moisten the whole of the 3 inches of soil , so that after - watering is rarely necessary till they have formed roots ...
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Alyssum annuals April Arabis Aubrietia autumn banded beautiful bloom blue Lobelia Blue Pansy bulbs Calceolaria Centaurea Centaurea Ragusina centre Cerastium tomentosum Chrysanthemum Sensation Coleus colour contrast Crimson King Crocus cuttings Dactylis glomerata double dwarf early easily edged with blue effective evergreen Fcap feet feet-June and July flore-pleno flower-garden flowering plants foliage foot-April frost garden Gazania Gazania splendens golden Pelargonium green ground ground-work group of beds grow hardy heat Hedera Iresine Herbstii Japonica June King Verbena Lastræa leaf-mould leaves light lilac loam Lobelia Lobelia speciosa manure mixed borders Narcissus orange panel pendula Perilla pink pots propagation Purple King purple Pansy recommended red Daisy require Rhododendrons rich soil rock-work roots rose rosy rows scarlet Pelargonium season shade shrubs Silene pendula silver variegated sowing sown spring spring-flowering Stock summer surface Tulip variegated Pelargonium variety Verbena Viola cornuta Viola lutea violet winter yellow Pansy Yucca aloifolia
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