The select florist; or A treatise on the culture and management of ... flowers |
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... leaf , a blossom , but contains A folio volume , we may read , and read , And read again , and still find something new , Something to please , and something to instruct . " DERBY : Printed and published by HENRY MOZLEY AND SON ; and ...
... leaf , a blossom , but contains A folio volume , we may read , and read , And read again , and still find something new , Something to please , and something to instruct . " DERBY : Printed and published by HENRY MOZLEY AND SON ; and ...
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... leaves , as on these depend the quantity of nutritive matter prepared and deposited in the bulb , and consequently its ability to flower the following year . " - This plant , as well as several others of this genus , flower late in ...
... leaves , as on these depend the quantity of nutritive matter prepared and deposited in the bulb , and consequently its ability to flower the following year . " - This plant , as well as several others of this genus , flower late in ...
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... leaves till September or beginning of Oc- tober , at which period the quantity of light afforded by our climate is probably insuf- ficient for a plant which is said to be a na- tive of the warm and bright climate of Japan , and before ...
... leaves till September or beginning of Oc- tober , at which period the quantity of light afforded by our climate is probably insuf- ficient for a plant which is said to be a na- tive of the warm and bright climate of Japan , and before ...
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... leaves are green ; for it should ever be remembered that it is the leaves that bring the root to maturity and prepare it for flowering . " expected to flower in the beginning of Au- gust , 4 THE SELECT FLORIST .
... leaves are green ; for it should ever be remembered that it is the leaves that bring the root to maturity and prepare it for flowering . " expected to flower in the beginning of Au- gust , 4 THE SELECT FLORIST .
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... leaves are decay- ed ; but this opinion I think is not agree- able to the laws of nature , as there is no doubt but the blossoms are generated whilst the leaves remain alive on the bulb . Those who have not the advantage of a stove ...
... leaves are decay- ed ; but this opinion I think is not agree- able to the laws of nature , as there is no doubt but the blossoms are generated whilst the leaves remain alive on the bulb . Those who have not the advantage of a stove ...
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The Select Florist; Or a Treatise on the Culture and Management of ... Flowers John Sanders (writer on Horticulture ) Keine Leseprobe verfügbar - 2019 |
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airy anemone appear auricula autumn beauty beginning bizarres bloom blossom blow bottom bulbous rooted carnation centre colours compost corolla covered cow-dung cultivated deep purple double flowers earth edges esteemed feet fibres fill the pots florists flower garden Flowering plants foliage four inches fresh gathered as soon glasses green-house ground grow grown half an inch heat hot-bed hyacinth inches deep injured inserted larger pots latter end layers Levant light loam LOBELIA mats middle moderately moist mould native off-sets perfectly petals pink pipings placed plants Plants propagated polyanthus produce Propagation and culture purple rain remain removed rich rieties rose sand scarlet season seed seedling select sorts shaded shoots side six inches small pots soft water sorts sowing sown spring stamens stem strong summer surface taken three or four tivated tulip variegated varieties weather winter yellow
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Seite 154 - WELCOME, pale primrose! starting up between Dead matted leaves of ash and oak that strew The every lawn, the wood, and spinney through, Mid creeping moss and ivy's darker green ; How much thy presence beautifies the ground! How sweet thy modest unaffected pride Glows on the sunny bank and wood's warm side! And where thy fairy flowers in groups are found...
Seite 15 - Like leaves on trees the race of man is found, Now green in youth, now withering on the ground : Another race the following spring supplies, They fall successive, and successive rise ; So generations in their course decay, 185 So flourish these, when those are past away.
Seite 191 - ... wider at the top. The three exterior petals should be rather larger than the three interior ones, and broader at their base : all the petals should have perfectly entire...
Seite 25 - What a glow is enkindled in some ! what a gloss shines upon others. With what a masterly skill is every one of the varying tints disposed '. Here they seem to be thrown on with an easy dash of security and freedom ; there they are adjusted by the nicest touches of art and accuracy. Those...
Seite 161 - ... at least two inches in diameter, consisting of numerous petals, the largest at the outside, and gradually diminishing in size as they approach the center of the flower, which should be well filled up with them.
Seite 184 - Zamara's shades :— And the white moon-flower, as it shows On Serendib's high crags to those Who near the isle at evening sail, Scenting her clove-trees in the gale ; — In short, all...
Seite 134 - Appealed to many a Poet's page, To prove her right to reign. The Lily's height bespoke command ; A fair imperial flower, She seemed designed for FLORA'S hand, The sceptre of her power ! This civil bick'ring and debate The Goddess chanced to hear ; And flew to save, ere yet too late, The pride of the parterre ! ' Yours is,' she said, ' the nobler hue ; And yours, the statelier mien ! And till a third surpasses you, Let each be deemed a Queen...
Seite 154 - Mid creeping moss and ivy's darker green : How much thy presence beautifies the ground ! How sweet thy modest, unaffected pride Glows on the sunny bank and wood's warm side ! And where thy fairy flowers in groups are found The schoolboy roams enchantedly along, Plucking the fairest with a rude delight ; While the meek shepherd stops his simple song, To gaze a moment on the pleasing sight : O'erjoyed to see the flowers that truly bring The welcome news of sweet returning Spring.
Seite 12 - ... as blue, crimson, or scarlet, &c., in which case the bottom of the broad exterior petals is generally ' white ; but the beauty and contrast...