The ladies' companion to the flower garden1865 |
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abundance annual plants autumn bark beautiful blue branches British gardens bulbs called Cape climate of London colour common garden soil common Hawthorn common soil covered cultivated culture Dahlias deciduous drained dwarf EPIPHYTES evergreen feet high flower-garden frost genus glass grafting gravel green greenhouse greenhouse plants grow freely grown in pots grown in sandy half-hardy half-hardy plants handsome heat herbaceous plants hotbed Hyacinths inches kinds layers leaves Leguminosa light rich soil loam and peat Lophospermum manure moist moisture moss mould North America open air open border open ground ORCHIDEOUS ornamental ornamental plants parterres Pelargonium perennial perennial plants pink placed produce propagated by cuttings racemes resembling Rhododendrons ripen rock-work Roses sand sandy loam sandy peat scarlet scarlet flowers season shoots showy shrubbery shrubs situation soil sown species spring stem surface thrive trees tubers varieties walk wall white flowers winter wood yellow flowers
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159 ページ - E'en the slight hare-bell raised its head, Elastic from her airy tread : What though upon her speech there hung The accents of the mountain tongue, Those silver sounds, so soft, so dear, The listener held his breath to hear.
272 ページ - Ranunculus asiáticas, a. native of the Levant with tuberous roots, which is rather too tender to endure the winter in the open air without some kind of protection. The wild plant grows naturally in Persia, in meadows which are moist during winter and in the growing season, but dry during great part of summer.
211 ページ - It should be treated in the same manner the following year, all the side branches being cut off as they appear, except those that are to form the head of the tree ; and by the third spring it will have bark on its trunk, and be completely a shrub. It may now be suffered to flower, and its blossoms, which will be delightfully fragrant, will continue to be produced every summer, for a great many years in succession.
26 ページ - In October or November it should be repotted, and supplied with abundance of water, particularly if kept in a sitting-room, where there is a daily fire. It should indeed always stand in a saucer full of water (^changing the water every day), as the plant will not flower if once suffered to become too dry while in a growing state ; and as it has the extraordinary power of discharging the superabundant water from the points of its leaves, in drops. This quality...
125 ページ - a deciduous shrub with very dark green leaves, which are prettily serrated at the margin. It grows about eight or ten feet high in the north of China, and sheds its leaves in autumn. It then remains dormant like any...
113 ページ - Poppy. The seeds should be sown in the open border as soon as they are ripe, as, if the sowing be delayed till spring, the plants frequently do not flower till the second year. Sometimes they will live and flower two, or even three, years in succession, though this is very rarely the case. ETIOLATED.
292 ページ - ... heat of the sun, so as to become withered, the plant will die off suddenly. It is also very easily killed by the collar being exposed to stagnant moisture. When grown in pots, it should be frequently shifted, always into pots only a little larger than the previous ones, so as to make the plant bushy. It varies very much according to the soil and situation in which it is grown ; and if kept through the winter in a greenhouse, it will become partially woody, like the Mignionette.
282 ページ - The roots of trees, and especially large roots including the stool or base of the tree after the trunk has been cut down to the ground, may be combined together in various ways, useful, ornamental, or curious, in gardening. Two or three large stools of trees grouped together on a lawn, with mould and plants placed in their interstices, form a striking contrast to the smoothness and high art displayed ou the general surface of the lawn.
33 ページ - ... are trailers and creepers ; and those for standing singly at regular distances, are erect plants, which have their flowers in terminal spikes, corymbs, or umbels, or compact-growing plants, which make neat little bushes entirely covered with flowers, the stems often require to be pegged down with hooked sticks, so as to cover every part of the bed equally : and in wet seasons, when the plants are apt to run too much to leaves, the...