The Flower-garden: Or, Breck's Book of Flowers; in which are Described All the Various Hardy Herbaceous Perennials, Annuals, Shrubby Plants, and Evergreen Trees, Desirable for Ornamental Purposes, with Directions for Their CultivationJ. P. Jewett, 1851 - 336 Seiten |
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Seite ix
... early varieties , • 137 Trollius , 137 Valerian , . 138 Veronica , • 157 Vinca , . 138 90 Virgin's Bower , Viola , . 139 Willow Herb , 140 Wolfsbane , 141 • Adonis , African Hibiscus , ANNUALS . 161 | Bartonia , 184 Basil , • 161 ...
... early varieties , • 137 Trollius , 137 Valerian , . 138 Veronica , • 157 Vinca , . 138 90 Virgin's Bower , Viola , . 139 Willow Herb , 140 Wolfsbane , 141 • Adonis , African Hibiscus , ANNUALS . 161 | Bartonia , 184 Basil , • 161 ...
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... earliest and happiest associations of his life . And there , too , clinging about the columns of the porch , is the coral honeysuckle , shading the evening window with its rich and delicate clusters of flowers ; and at every footstep ...
... earliest and happiest associations of his life . And there , too , clinging about the columns of the porch , is the coral honeysuckle , shading the evening window with its rich and delicate clusters of flowers ; and at every footstep ...
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... early as possible . If thus deferred , the pro- prietor must necessarily be deprived the pleasure of having anything in its greatest perfection , except annuals and tender bulbous or tuberous plants for that season . I should ...
... early as possible . If thus deferred , the pro- prietor must necessarily be deprived the pleasure of having anything in its greatest perfection , except annuals and tender bulbous or tuberous plants for that season . I should ...
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... early part of the spring till the winter closes the flow- ering season . In this work we hope we have so described the various plants , that almost any person of taste may be enabled to select such as may be deemed proper to effect this ...
... early part of the spring till the winter closes the flow- ering season . In this work we hope we have so described the various plants , that almost any person of taste may be enabled to select such as may be deemed proper to effect this ...
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... early spring , in light soil , and plant out in the following autumn in the situations where they are to flower . Many of the fine double and other varie- ties never produce seed . Layers and Cuttings . — Thrifty , succulent shoots , if ...
... early spring , in light soil , and plant out in the following autumn in the situations where they are to flower . Many of the fine double and other varie- ties never produce seed . Layers and Cuttings . — Thrifty , succulent shoots , if ...
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appearance autumn Balsam Fir beautiful berries bloom blossoms blue flowers branches buds bulbs clusters Collinsia color common Coreopsis corolla corymbs covered crimson cultivation cuttings deciduous delicate dividing the roots double flowers double varieties dwarf earth easily propagated elegant evergreen flower-garden FLOWERING PLANTS flowers in June foliage four feet high fragrant fruit genus green green-house growing growth habits half foot high handsome hardy annual height herbaceous inches deep inches high insects July and August June and July Larkspur layers leaves Lily loam native Noisette open ground ornamental ornamental plants panicles Peony perennial perfect perfectly hardy petals Phlox pink plants Platystemon Portulacca pots pretty produced profusion pure white racemes resemblance rich Roses scarlet season seed shade shoots showy shrub shrubbery six feet sown species spikes Spiræa spring stamens stems succeed sweet tender three feet high tree tuberous umbels variegated white flowers winter yellow flowers
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Seite 272 - Each flower of slender stalk, whose head, though gay Carnation, purple, azure, or specked with gold, Hung drooping unsustained; them she upstays Gently with myrtle band, mindless the while Herself, though fairest unsupported flower, From her best prop so far, and storm so nigh.
Seite 273 - The rose looks fair, but fairer we it deem For that sweet odour which doth in it live. The canker-blooms have full as deep a dye As the perfumed tincture of the roses, Hang on such thorns, and play as wantonly When summer's breath their masked buds discloses: But, for their virtue only is their show, They live unwoo'd and unrespected fade; Die to themselves.
Seite 44 - Along these blushing borders bright with dew, And in yon mingled wilderness of flowers, Fair-handed Spring unbosoms every grace — Throws out the snow-drop and the crocus first...
Seite 13 - ... what shall we eat, and what shall we drink, and wherewithal shall we be clothed?
Seite 17 - And the sinuous paths of lawn and of moss, Which led through the garden along and across, Some open at once to the sun and the breeze, Some lost among bowers of blossoming trees, Were all paved with daisies and delicate bells As fair as the fabulous asphodels, And flowerets which drooping as day drooped too Fell into pavilions, white, purple, and blue, To roof the glow-worm from the evening dew.
Seite 75 - And full ranunculus, of glowing red. Then comes the tulip race, where Beauty plays Her idle freaks; from family diffused To family, as flies the father-dust, The varied colours run ; and while they break On the charmed eye, th' exulting florist marks, With secret pride, the wonders of his hand.
Seite 271 - That joyous time, when pleasures pour Profusely round, and in their shower Hearts open, like the season's rose, — The flow'ret of a hundred leaves, Expanding while the dew-fall flows, And every leaf its balm receives...
Seite 274 - tis granted thee." " Then," said the rose, with deepened glow, "On me another grace bestow." The spirit paused, in silent thought, — What grace was there that flower had not...
Seite 272 - Their tendance, or plantation for delight; By fountain or by shady rivulet He sought them both, but wished his hap might find Eve separate; he wished, but not with hope Of what so seldom chanced; when to his wish, Beyond his hope, Eve separate he spies, Veiled in a cloud of fragrance, where she stood, Half spied, so thick the roses blushing round About her glowed...
Seite 274 - To bathe young buds in dews from heaven ; Awaking from his light repose, The angel whispered to the Rose : ' O fondest object of my care, Still fairest found where all are fair, For the sweet shade thou 'st given to me, Ask what thou wilt, ?t is granted thee.} ' Then,' said the Rose, with deepened glow,