Handbook of Hardy Herbaceous and Alpine FlowersBlackwood, 1871 - 321 sider |
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Side xvi
... winter rearing their humble blossoms laden with lessons of infinite love and encouragement to man , if he will but open his heart to receive them ; the more numerous and varied gems of spring , that leap as it were into life and beauty ...
... winter rearing their humble blossoms laden with lessons of infinite love and encouragement to man , if he will but open his heart to receive them ; the more numerous and varied gems of spring , that leap as it were into life and beauty ...
Side xix
... winter and spring , the latter with all its bright loveliness and sweetness in flowers greatly surpassing in power to interest and yield enjoyment the best displays we can produce , even in summer and autumn , must come and go before ...
... winter and spring , the latter with all its bright loveliness and sweetness in flowers greatly surpassing in power to interest and yield enjoyment the best displays we can produce , even in summer and autumn , must come and go before ...
Side xxiii
... Winter Aconites , but they are generally few and solitary enough , reminding us of the desirability of flowers in spring of all seasons of the year , and making us yearn for summer when their abundance is greater and less enjoyable ...
... Winter Aconites , but they are generally few and solitary enough , reminding us of the desirability of flowers in spring of all seasons of the year , and making us yearn for summer when their abundance is greater and less enjoyable ...
Side xxvii
... winter , of course , where it cannot but come to grief ; and if flowers are to be en- joyed out of doors in such gardens , they must be sought for in selections of hardier subjects , and the style of plant- ing , if it must be altered ...
... winter , of course , where it cannot but come to grief ; and if flowers are to be en- joyed out of doors in such gardens , they must be sought for in selections of hardier subjects , and the style of plant- ing , if it must be altered ...
Side xxxiii
... winter ; they do not ripen well , and their tissues being soft and usually unduly charged with moisture , they suffer more severely from ground frost , which penetrates to a greater depth in moist than in comparatively dry earth ...
... winter ; they do not ripen well , and their tissues being soft and usually unduly charged with moisture , they suffer more severely from ground frost , which penetrates to a greater depth in moist than in comparatively dry earth ...
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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