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... shades the fine variety , From white to deepest flush of vermeil stain ? ” " O ! how soft , how gay , The pleasing tints that steal upon " my " eye ! " There are more varieties of this flower than have names 6 THE SELECT FLORIST .
... shades the fine variety , From white to deepest flush of vermeil stain ? ” " O ! how soft , how gay , The pleasing tints that steal upon " my " eye ! " There are more varieties of this flower than have names 6 THE SELECT FLORIST .
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John Sanders (writer on horticulture.) There are more varieties of this flower than have names , therefore to enumerate them would be a difficult point , suffice it to say , the last catalogue I noticed con- tained about ninety sorts ...
John Sanders (writer on horticulture.) There are more varieties of this flower than have names , therefore to enumerate them would be a difficult point , suffice it to say , the last catalogue I noticed con- tained about ninety sorts ...
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... varieties , and by the latter for continuing them . By seed . Being provided with seed , ( obtained according to the direction here- after given for saving seed ) some compost , ( prepared according to the directions given for preparing ...
... varieties , and by the latter for continuing them . By seed . Being provided with seed , ( obtained according to the direction here- after given for saving seed ) some compost , ( prepared according to the directions given for preparing ...
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... Varieties . The balsam is one of those plants which produce infinite variety of flowers , and indeed , so much so , as three very distinct coloured flowers have been found upon one single stem , and the seed from the same pod will never ...
... Varieties . The balsam is one of those plants which produce infinite variety of flowers , and indeed , so much so , as three very distinct coloured flowers have been found upon one single stem , and the seed from the same pod will never ...
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... its per- fume , never fail to attract our regard and admiration . " Varieties . These are too great to be numbered , but they are divided into three classes : viz . flakes , bizarres , and piccotees 50 THE SELECT FLORIST .
... its per- fume , never fail to attract our regard and admiration . " Varieties . These are too great to be numbered , but they are divided into three classes : viz . flakes , bizarres , and piccotees 50 THE SELECT FLORIST .
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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...