Handy-Book of the Flower-Garden, being practical directions for the propagation, culture, and arrangement of plants in flower-gardens all the year round. [With illustrations.]W. Blackwood and sons, 1868 - 364 sider |
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Side 15
... better , if the means 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 ...
... better , if the means 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 ...
Side 20
... better blue colour is hardly possible in Lobelias . What flower - gardeners have often wished for is a plant of the same colour , about a foot high , and of upright stubby growth , to take a premier position in various combina- tions ...
... better blue colour is hardly possible in Lobelias . What flower - gardeners have often wished for is a plant of the same colour , about a foot high , and of upright stubby growth , to take a premier position in various combina- tions ...
Side 27
... better , and require less coaxing to grow them into good plants in spring ; and they bloom earlier than plants raised from the mere points of the shoots . Un- less it be some of the very dwarf varieties , the cuttings should be about 9 ...
... better , and require less coaxing to grow them into good plants in spring ; and they bloom earlier than plants raised from the mere points of the shoots . Un- less it be some of the very dwarf varieties , the cuttings should be about 9 ...
Side 28
... better ; but glass is not necessary for any other purpose in striking them . In about three weeks they will be well rooted , and commencing to grow . All the blooms , and the very point of each cutting , should be picked off for the pre ...
... better ; but glass is not necessary for any other purpose in striking them . In about three weeks they will be well rooted , and commencing to grow . All the blooms , and the very point of each cutting , should be picked off for the pre ...
Side 29
... better to remove it while in a healthy state , than first to allow it to become unhealthy and decaying , which is generally the case if they are housed without a little thinning . After being housed , they should be care- fully ...
... better to remove it while in a healthy state , than first to allow it to become unhealthy and decaying , which is generally the case if they are housed without a little thinning . After being housed , they should be care- fully ...
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Handy-Book of the Flower-Garden, being practical directions for the ... David Thomson Uten tilgangsbegrensning - 1868 |
Handy Book of the Flower-garden: Being Practical Directions for the ... David Thomson Uten tilgangsbegrensning - 1868 |
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Alyssum annuals April Arabis Aubrietia autumn banded beautiful bloom blue Lobelia Blue Pansy bulbs Calceolaria Canna 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 frost 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 Perilla pink pots Primula vulgaris propagation Purple King purple Pansy recommended red Daisy require Rhododendron 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 violet winter yellow Pansy Yucca aloifolia
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