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Side 18
... cannot be excelled . It is singular that in the way of foliage no very striking improvement has been accomplished . Could we possess a purple or blue variety , with silvery leaves , it would be a 18 REVIEW OF THE PRINCIPAL PLANTS.
... cannot be excelled . It is singular that in the way of foliage no very striking improvement has been accomplished . Could we possess a purple or blue variety , with silvery leaves , it would be a 18 REVIEW OF THE PRINCIPAL PLANTS.
Side 19
... Purple and Crimson Kings , would be one of the greatest acquisitions to the parterre . Some have been recommended as coming up to the bedding standard , but we have not found them to do so . The work of improvement in that style of ...
... Purple and Crimson Kings , would be one of the greatest acquisitions to the parterre . Some have been recommended as coming up to the bedding standard , but we have not found them to do so . The work of improvement in that style of ...
Side 20
... purple and white to perpetuate them . They are , moreover , so hardy , that all the care they require is to be sown under a common handglass in spring , and they are generally in flower from the end of July till December . Many can ...
... purple and white to perpetuate them . They are , moreover , so hardy , that all the care they require is to be sown under a common handglass in spring , and they are generally in flower from the end of July till December . Many can ...
Side 23
... purple , and yellow Pansies are most use- ful additions in the way of hardy plants : they flower nearly the whole year round ; and Imperial blue , recently sent out , is a great acquisition . Then what can be more effective than ...
... purple , and yellow Pansies are most use- ful additions in the way of hardy plants : they flower nearly the whole year round ; and Imperial blue , recently sent out , is a great acquisition . Then what can be more effective than ...
Side 54
... Purple King . The pans are prepared by placing a thin layer of finely - broken crocks in the bottom , then a layer of old mushroom dung , and they are filled up with a very substantial compost , consisting of equal parts of loam and ...
... Purple King . The pans are prepared by placing a thin layer of finely - broken crocks in the bottom , then a layer of old mushroom dung , and they are filled up with a very substantial compost , consisting of equal parts of loam and ...
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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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