Handbook of Hardy Herbaceous and Alpine FlowersBlackwood, 1871 - 321 sider |
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Side xv
... less stores of floral wealth . Much of it already lies within our reach , tempting us to appropriate and make it our own ; but in the wide untrodden mountain tracts in many parts of the Old World , and in the unexplored regions of the ...
... less stores of floral wealth . Much of it already lies within our reach , tempting us to appropriate and make it our own ; but in the wide untrodden mountain tracts in many parts of the Old World , and in the unexplored regions of the ...
Side xxiii
... less enjoyable . The beds and borders of the smaller gardens should be filled with at least all the spring - flowering bulbs in an orderly way , whatever may be the nature of their summer occupants ; and there are many fibrous - rooted ...
... less enjoyable . The beds and borders of the smaller gardens should be filled with at least all the spring - flowering bulbs in an orderly way , whatever may be the nature of their summer occupants ; and there are many fibrous - rooted ...
Side xxv
... less extent . The ad- vantages of this system will be limited or extended just as the materials used in it are numerous and varied , or the reverse . It would certainly be no improvement on the massing system , were it carried out by ...
... less extent . The ad- vantages of this system will be limited or extended just as the materials used in it are numerous and varied , or the reverse . It would certainly be no improvement on the massing system , were it carried out by ...
Side xxvi
... less , and to some extent in many cases to the prejudice or loss of other departments . The reason in most instances is , that the practice of the fashionable style of massing has greatly exceeded the elasticity of the resources and ...
... less , and to some extent in many cases to the prejudice or loss of other departments . The reason in most instances is , that the practice of the fashionable style of massing has greatly exceeded the elasticity of the resources and ...
Side xxvii
... less extensive collections of hardy perennials into every garden where the circum- stances are favourable , is the ... less striking , though not necessarily on that account less beautiful , details . The INTRODUCTION . xxvii.
... less extensive collections of hardy perennials into every garden where the circum- stances are favourable , is the ... less striking , though not necessarily on that account less beautiful , details . The INTRODUCTION . xxvii.
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Handbook of Hardy Herbaceous and Alpine Flowers William Sutherland (Gardener to the Earl of Minto.) Uten tilgangsbegrensning - 1871 |
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18 inches high 9 inches adapted alpine plants Alps appear in June beautiful beds blue border-plant branches clothed cold frame colour corolla corymbs cultivation culture cuttings deep dense distinct dwarf early summer easily egg-shaped erect Fcap feet high flower-garden flower-heads flower-stems flowers are large Flowers in April Flowers in June foliage foot high freely garden-soil gardens genus glaucous habit hairy handsome hardy height herbaceous plants increased by division inflorescence July and August June and July lance-shaped loam lobes masses mixed border moist Native of Britain Native of North naturalising North America numerous oblong ornamental ornamental plants pale panicles peat perennial petals pink places plant grows pots pretty propagated by division purple Pyrenees racemes rich rockwork roots sandy loam seed sepals shade showy shrubs Siberia soil southern Europe species grows spikes spring stalks stems succeed terminal toothed tufts umbels variegated varieties warm well-drained winter