Handy Book of the Flower-garden: Being Practical Directions for the Propagation, Culture, and Arrangement of Plants in Flower-gardens All the Year RoundW. Blackwood, 1868 - 364 sider |
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Side 9
... dwarf flowering shrubs , were generally planted with more regard to their various heights than to their time . of flowering , or to the harmony or contrast that might exist among them . In fact , a good mixture INTRODUCTION . 9 The ...
... dwarf flowering shrubs , were generally planted with more regard to their various heights than to their time . of flowering , or to the harmony or contrast that might exist among them . In fact , a good mixture INTRODUCTION . 9 The ...
Side 18
... dwarf masses of long - continued and brilliant colours possible , and were found of easy culture . For bedding purposes , perhaps , the improvement has not been quite so striking as in Pelargoniums . The desirability of growing only ...
... dwarf masses of long - continued and brilliant colours possible , and were found of easy culture . For bedding purposes , perhaps , the improvement has not been quite so striking as in Pelargoniums . The desirability of growing only ...
Side 19
... dwarfs has been furnished for comparatively dwarf groups and lines . True , some of these are not such in their individual blooms as would be looked upon by a florist with much com- placency , but they yield a compact and long ...
... dwarfs has been furnished for comparatively dwarf groups and lines . True , some of these are not such in their individual blooms as would be looked upon by a florist with much com- placency , but they yield a compact and long ...
Side 20
... dwarf pale - blue Lobelia , such as gracilis , was a cherished pot - plant for front shelves in greenhouses . Now , in L. erinus speciosa we have an intense blue , which is admired by all . A better blue colour is hardly possible in ...
... dwarf pale - blue Lobelia , such as gracilis , was a cherished pot - plant for front shelves in greenhouses . Now , in L. erinus speciosa we have an intense blue , which is admired by all . A better blue colour is hardly possible in ...
Side 22
... dwarf edging - plants , such as Arabis lucida variegata , A. alpina variegata , A. mollis variegata , variegated Balm , Dactylis glomerata variegata , D. glomerata variegata elegantissima , Poa trivialis argentea elegans , Veronica ...
... dwarf edging - plants , such as Arabis lucida variegata , A. alpina variegata , A. mollis variegata , variegated Balm , Dactylis glomerata variegata , D. glomerata variegata elegantissima , Poa trivialis argentea elegans , Veronica ...
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14 foot 9 inches Alyssum annuals April Arabis Aubrietia autumn banded beautiful bloom blue Lobelia Blue Pansy bulbs Calceolaria Canna Centaurea Ragusina centre Cerastium Cerastium tomentosum Coleus colour contrast crimson Crocus cuttings Dactylis Dactylis glomerata Daisy double dwarf early easily edged effective evergreen Fcap feet feet-June and July Ferns flore-pleno flower-garden flowering plants foliage foot-April foot-June foot-March frost Gazania golden Pelargonium ground ground-work group of beds grow growth hardy Iresine Iresine Herbstii June King Verbena Lastræa leaf-mould leaves light lilac lines loam Lobelia Lobelia speciosa manure mixed borders Narcissus orange panel Pelargonium pendula Perilla pink pots Primula vulgaris propagation Purple King recommended require Rhododendron rich soil rock-work roots rose rosy sandy soil season seed shaded shrubs Silene pendula sowing sown spring Stock summer surface thrive transplanted Tulip variegated Pelargonium varieties Verbena Viola cornuta violet weather winter yellow Pansy Yucca aloifolia
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