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 vii
... Soil suitable for them , Select list of them , • Wintering Pelargoniums in White , pink , scarlet , and other varieties of plain- leaved Zonale Pelargo- niums - autumn propaga- tion and winter manage- ment , 27 Late autumn propagation ...
... Soil suitable for them , Select list of them , • Wintering Pelargoniums in White , pink , scarlet , and other varieties of plain- leaved Zonale Pelargo- niums - autumn propaga- tion and winter manage- ment , 27 Late autumn propagation ...
Side ix
... Soil and transplanting , 151 147 List of them , 152 153 Their culture , • 159 ROSES , Propagation by cuttings , Propagation by budding , Soil suited to them , Pruning , · List of Hybrid Perpetuals , Bourbons and Hybrid Bour- 163 • 178 ...
... Soil and transplanting , 151 147 List of them , 152 153 Their culture , • 159 ROSES , Propagation by cuttings , Propagation by budding , Soil suited to them , Pruning , · List of Hybrid Perpetuals , Bourbons and Hybrid Bour- 163 • 178 ...
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... soil , and settle it well about the cuttings , and afterwards be kept in a medium state of moisture . If they can be placed in cold pits or frames , so that , in the event of heavy rains , they can be covered with glass , all the better ...
... soil , and settle it well about the cuttings , and afterwards be kept in a medium state of moisture . If they can be placed in cold pits or frames , so that , in the event of heavy rains , they can be covered with glass , all the better ...
Side 29
... 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 next ...
... 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 next ...
Side 32
... soil should be rather dry , so that , after the box gets a sudden shake or two , the plants can be pulled out of it with their roots almost entire . In pot- ting , the soil should be pressed firmly into the pots . In disposing of them ...
... soil should be rather dry , so that , after the box gets a sudden shake or two , the plants can be pulled out of it with their roots almost entire . In pot- ting , the soil should be pressed firmly into the pots . In disposing of them ...
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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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