The Complete Gardener |
Contents
COLOUR PLATES Camellia Adolphe Audusson frontispiece 1 Papaver orientale Olympia facing page 97 | 12 |
THE BEGINNING OF THINGS | 17 |
Mulching fruit trees facing page | 32 |
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apples April August autumn azaleas beans beds blackcurrants blue Bordeaux mixture bright buds bushes cherries cloches cold frame colour compost Control Measures crimson crops CULTIVATION deep dwarf early evergreen fertilisers flavour foliage fruit full sun green greenhouse ground grow grown growth half-hardy hardy annuals herbaceous border humus hybrid illustration facing intended to flower John Innes Compost July June late lawn layer leaves lilac lime loam loganberries manure March mauve moraine mulch orange Order COMPOSITÆ pale peat perennial pests plants POLLINATION potash pots Propagation by division pruning purple racemes rhododendrons rich rock garden roots rose rows scarlet SEED SOWING seedlings September shade shoots shrubs soil Sow under glass sown SPECIES AND VARIETIES spray spring square yard stems suitable summer sunny position surface thin trees trench types usually vegetable violet wall weeds well-drained soil white flowers winter yellow flowers