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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... to winter them is a dry pit , with sufficient amount of fire - heat to keep them safe from frost , and expel damp when necessary . They will winter perfectly well in any cool , airy , light house , where they can 28 ZONALE PELARGONIUMS .
... to winter them is a dry pit , with sufficient amount of fire - heat to keep them safe from frost , and expel damp when necessary . They will winter perfectly well in any cool , airy , light house , where they can 28 ZONALE PELARGONIUMS .
Side 29
... light soil , and the cuttings dibbled in according to their sorts ; they may remain undisturbed till spring . In this way less trouble and labour are needed than by any other : few places , however , can so accommodate them , and the ...
... light soil , and the cuttings dibbled in according to their sorts ; they may remain undisturbed till spring . In this way less trouble and labour are needed than by any other : few places , however , can so accommodate them , and the ...
Side 30
... light , airy , dry house or pit , avoiding a cold , damp bottom , is the best for them at that date . When propagation is delayed till October , they do not root with certainty or success without artificial heat . At this season the ...
... light , airy , dry house or pit , avoiding a cold , damp bottom , is the best for them at that date . When propagation is delayed till October , they do not root with certainty or success without artificial heat . At this season the ...
Side 32
... light house , and the floor of it holds 9000 plants in 3 - inch pots . Should the weather be dull and damp , watering should be delayed till a few days after they are potted - off . When watered they should get sufficient , through a ...
... light house , and the floor of it holds 9000 plants in 3 - inch pots . Should the weather be dull and damp , watering should be delayed till a few days after they are potted - off . When watered they should get sufficient , through a ...
Side 35
... light sandy loam , moderately enriched with either well- rotted dung or leaf - mould , and resting upon a dry gravelly bottom , is the best for producing a moderately strong growth and profusion of bloom . The stronger varieties ...
... light sandy loam , moderately enriched with either well- rotted dung or leaf - mould , and resting upon a dry gravelly bottom , is the best for producing a moderately strong growth and profusion of bloom . The stronger varieties ...
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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 |
Handy Book of the Flower-garden: Being Practical Directions for the ... David Thomson Uten tilgangsbegrensning - 1871 |
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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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