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 27
... are quite sufficient . If inserted thicker , they become drawn , and do not stand the winter so well , nor make such fine plants . As soon as the cuttings are put in , the boxes should be removed at once to the most warn and airy place at.
... are quite sufficient . If inserted thicker , they become drawn , and do not stand the winter so well , nor make such fine plants . As soon as the cuttings are put in , the boxes should be removed at once to the most warn and airy place at.
Side 28
... removed , to allow a circulation of air about the young plants . They may stand outdoors till danger from frost or drenching rains be apprehended , which time depends considerably on the climate of the locality . A good place to winter ...
... removed , to allow a circulation of air about the young plants . They may stand outdoors till danger from frost or drenching rains be apprehended , which time depends considerably on the climate of the locality . A good place to winter ...
Side 29
... removed as they appear , and occasion- al fires be made to dry up damp . In this way I usually winter twelve thousand of these Zonale Pelargoniums with scarcely any loss of plants ; and in boxes , such as I have described , they occupy ...
... removed as they appear , and occasion- al fires be made to dry up damp . In this way I usually winter twelve thousand of these Zonale Pelargoniums with scarcely any loss of plants ; and in boxes , such as I have described , they occupy ...
Side 31
... and sifted through a half - inch sieve -or leaf - mould , and about an eighth part of the whole of sand . The young plants should be removed from the boxes with as little breakage to their roots as possible SPRING TREATMENT . 31.
... and sifted through a half - inch sieve -or leaf - mould , and about an eighth part of the whole of sand . The young plants should be removed from the boxes with as little breakage to their roots as possible SPRING TREATMENT . 31.
Side 32
... removed to the open air . This treatment cannot , of course , be pursued where such house - room does not exist : if , instead , there be light dry pits , from which frost can be excluded by hot - water pipes , they answer the same end ...
... removed to the open air . This treatment cannot , of course , be pursued where such house - room does not exist : if , instead , there be light dry pits , from which frost can be excluded by hot - water pipes , they answer the same end ...
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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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