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 |
Inni boken
Resultat 1-5 av 74
Side 3
... centre of worlds , the influence of flowers cannot be regarded as anything less than one of the gifts bestowed by Providence to make the sweets of life outweigh its evils . Philanthropists are now more than ever recognising the moral ...
... centre of worlds , the influence of flowers cannot be regarded as anything less than one of the gifts bestowed by Providence to make the sweets of life outweigh its evils . Philanthropists are now more than ever recognising the moral ...
Side 13
... centres , starting - points , panels , vase plants , etc. , surely it is not hopeless to recruit from such ranks . A dozen , a score , forty , fifty , or a hundred such plants , according to the capabilities and extent of the place ...
... centres , starting - points , panels , vase plants , etc. , surely it is not hopeless to recruit from such ranks . A dozen , a score , forty , fifty , or a hundred such plants , according to the capabilities and extent of the place ...
Side 45
... centre ; very beautiful , but not so free as Mrs. Pollock . B. * Luna , yellow ground , broad bronze zone . * Mangles , an old and most useful variegated white - and - green sort . T. Meteor , fine tricolor . T. Miss Watson , fine . T ...
... centre ; very beautiful , but not so free as Mrs. Pollock . B. * Luna , yellow ground , broad bronze zone . * Mangles , an old and most useful variegated white - and - green sort . T. Meteor , fine tricolor . T. Miss Watson , fine . T ...
Side 69
... centres or panels , on a ring or two of stones or bricks . A light , rich , dry soil suits it best . It is a plant that does not lift well in autumn ; and the best way , when a reserve cannot be kept , is to plunge it in pots . Autumn ...
... centres or panels , on a ring or two of stones or bricks . A light , rich , dry soil suits it best . It is a plant that does not lift well in autumn ; and the best way , when a reserve cannot be kept , is to plunge it in pots . Autumn ...
Side 76
... centre , with darker rose edges ; extra fine . Maréchal Vaillant , scarlet , stained with white . Meyerbeer , bright red , streaked with vermilion ; substance . fine shape and Milton , white , tinted with rose and blazed with red ; very ...
... centre , with darker rose edges ; extra fine . Maréchal Vaillant , scarlet , stained with white . Meyerbeer , bright red , streaked with vermilion ; substance . fine shape and Milton , white , tinted with rose and blazed with red ; very ...
Andre utgaver - Vis alle
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 |
Handy Book of the Flower-garden: Being Practical Directions for the ... David Thomson Uten tilgangsbegrensning - 1871 |
Vanlige uttrykk og setninger
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
Populære avsnitt
Side 17 - HAMILTON. Lectures on Metaphysics. By Sir WILLIAM HAMILTON, Bart. , Professor of Logic and Metaphysics in the University of Edinburgh. Edited by the Rev. HL MANSEL, BD, LL.D., Dean of St Paul's ; and JOHN VEITCH, MA, Professor of Logic and Rhetoric, Glasgow.
Side 13 - We have thoroughly examined these volumes ; but to give a full notice of their varied and valuable contents would occupy a larger space than we can conveniently devote to their discussion ; we therefore, in general terms, commend them to the careful study of every young man who wishes to become a good practical farmer.— Times.
Side 1 - Lives of the Queens of Scotland, and English Princesses connected with the Regal Succession of Great Britain.
Side 9 - Or, Illustrations of Parliamentary Oratory. A Poem. Comprising— Pym — Vane— Strafford— Halifax— Shaftesbury— St John— Sir R. Walpole— Chesterfield — Carteret — Chatham — Pitt — Fox — Burke— Sheridan— Wilberforce— Wyndham — Conway— Castlereagh— William Lamb (Lord Melbourne)— Tierney — Lord Grey — O'Connell — Plunkett — Shiel— Follett — Macaulay— Peel.
Side 12 - CLASSICAL GEOGRAPHY, comprising, in Twenty Plates, Maps and Plans of all the important Countries and Localities referred to by Classical Authors ; accompanied by a pronouncing Index of Places, by T.
Side 2 - BOSCOBEL TRACTS. Relating to the Escape of Charles the Second after the Battle of Worcester, and his subsequent Adventures. Edited by J. HUGHES, Esq., AM A New Edition, with additional Notes and Illustrations, including Communications from the Rev. R H. BARHAM, Author of the
Side 17 - A Discourse on Ethics,' &c. A New Edition. Crown 8vo, 1os. 6d. Gravenhurst ; or, Thoughts on Good and Evil. Second Edition, with Memoir of the Author. Crown 8vo, 8s. A Discourse on Ethics of the School of Paley.
Side 15 - The Moor and the Loch. Containing Minute Instructions in all Highland Sports, with Wanderings over Crag and Corrie, Flood and Fell. By JOHN COLQUHOUN.
Side 10 - THE PAST AND PRESENT LIFE OF THE GLOBE: Being a Sketch in Outline of the World's Life-System. By DAVID PAGE, FRSE, FGS Crown 8vo, 6s.