Popular Flowers, and how to Cultivate ThemH.L. Shepard, 1874 - 208 oldal |
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anemone annual autumn beautiful bedding plants biennial BLOODROOT blossoms blue flowers Bouvardia bright bulbs charming cold frame color common garden soil Common Name corymbs cover crimson crocus cultivation cuttings dark deep purple delicate desirable double flowers double varieties early spring easily easy culture England florists flowering plants foliage fragrant frost garden flowers genus give green green-house ground grower grown growth habit hardy perennials hepatica hyacinth hybrid inches deep known lady's slippers latter lavender color leaves light Liliacea lily loam manure mass natives of Europe Natural Order ornamental parlor perennials perfectly hardy petals phlox picotees pink pretty plant propagated by division purple flowers raised from seed Ranunculacea require ripen roots rose sand sandy loam scarlet season seedlings seldom sepals shade shoots showy plant single snowdrop soon sown species spikes stem summer tall tivation transplanted variegated violets white flowers wild winter worth growing zinnias
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77. oldal - ... 4, Whatever may be the character of the marks or darker pencillings on the ground colour, they should be bright, dense, distinct, and retain their character without running or flushing— that is, mixing with the ground colour. 5, The two upper petals should be perfectly uniform, whether dark or light, or fringed or blotched. The two petals immediately under them should be alike ; and the lower petal, as before observed, must have the same ground colour and character as the two above it ; and...
175. oldal - Veitcliii) : leaves of a rich velvety chocolate purple, green towards the base and at the extreme margin. A fine, distinct-looking plant, richly colored, the dark color nicely relieved by the slight green margin, which lightens up the whole plant. C. Scottii (Verschaffeltii X Gibsoni) : leaves bright green, everywhere traversed by deep purple veins, here and there coalescing into blotches ; the under surface similarly marked, but brighter.
149. oldal - ... go on almost indefinitely with the list. There are many more quite as good as those we have mentioned ; indeed, all are showy, effective, and worthy of culture; even the now despised Gandavensis and psittacinus, of which we annually set out large beds. THE TROP^EOLUM. Natural Order.
68. oldal - Grow them in full light; and, as soon as they are large enough to handle, prick them out into a cold frame or into larger pans.
174. oldal - ... towards the edge, which has a broadish band of green broken through with purplish bronzy reticulations. The broader mottled green and bronze margin brings this near to C. Veitchii, to which it is, however, far superior in beauty. C. Dixii (Verschaffeltii X Veitchii) : leaves dark chocolate purple in the centre, feathering out through the broadish bright green margin, which is nearly an inch wide, the crenatures narrowly purpleedged. A very brightly-colored and effective sort, from the strong...
135. oldal - In Asia Minor. They are known in gardens as Geraniums, though very different from the genus of that name, in their spurred calyx, usually Irregular corolla, and the number of perfect stamens, which varies from seven down to four The greater number of forms cultivated in gardens are hybrids, which are produced with great facility in this genus. The species possess more or less of the astringent properties of the order, but one species at least (P. triste) has tubers, which are eaten at the Cape; while...
195. oldal - England were brought by way of Madrid, in 1789, by the Marchioness of Bute. These having been lost, others were introduced in 1804, by Lady Holland. These also having perished, a fresh importation was made from France, when the continent was thrown open by the peace of 1814. The first introduction into France had taken place about...
135. oldal - Pelargoniums are known in gardens as geraniums, but are very different from them in their spurred calyx, usually irregular corolla, and the number of perfect stamens, which varies from seven down to four. The Geraniums are distinguished by having regular flowers, ten stamens with the filaments united at the base, and five carpels, each tipped by a long glabrous arm (the persistent style), which becomes recurved when it separates from the central axis.
174. oldal - A beautiful and richly colored plant, in which nearly the whole surface is of a velvety purple hue, which is well displayed, .from the flatness of the foliage. C. Marshallii (Verschaffeltii X Veitchii) : leaves rich chocolate purple, the base of the midrib and the crenatures green, so as just to form a narrow green margin. This has the green 'edge more apparent than in C. Berkeleyi. C. Saundersii (Verschaffeltii X Veitchii) : leaves deep chocolate purple in the centre, somewhat mottled, and of a...