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... bushes , the cost of which is trivial , especially if the cultivator is prepared to wait a few years before they flower ; not at all a bad plan , as it enables him to watch their behaviour and , if necessary , alter their position . He ...
... bushes , the cost of which is trivial , especially if the cultivator is prepared to wait a few years before they flower ; not at all a bad plan , as it enables him to watch their behaviour and , if necessary , alter their position . He ...
Page 21
... bushes six or eight feet high . Half - a - guinea or 7s . 6d . may be taken as a fair average price for medium - sized shrubs which will not flower for a few years . R. Smirnowi , a bush species from Transcaucasia , with good foliage ...
... bushes six or eight feet high . Half - a - guinea or 7s . 6d . may be taken as a fair average price for medium - sized shrubs which will not flower for a few years . R. Smirnowi , a bush species from Transcaucasia , with good foliage ...
Page 22
... bushes , flowering early or late , and quite indifferent to the freaks of our climate . For brilliance of colour , for size , persistence , and generosity of bloom , there is nothing to equal them . There are literally hundreds on the ...
... bushes , flowering early or late , and quite indifferent to the freaks of our climate . For brilliance of colour , for size , persistence , and generosity of bloom , there is nothing to equal them . There are literally hundreds on the ...
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... bush types , like R. ponticum itself . The rock garden is the only place for the little creepy- crawly plants . Rhododendrons may be obtained from many of the big nurseries , and a visit to the Royal Horti- cultural Society's show in ...
... bush types , like R. ponticum itself . The rock garden is the only place for the little creepy- crawly plants . Rhododendrons may be obtained from many of the big nurseries , and a visit to the Royal Horti- cultural Society's show in ...
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... bushes , under - shrubs , and finally prostrate plants no larger than Creeping Jenny . A few are 1 R. ponticum , introduced 160 years ago , is acclimatised and seeds itself freely in Surrey and elsewhere . epiphytic . There is no ...
... bushes , under - shrubs , and finally prostrate plants no larger than Creeping Jenny . A few are 1 R. ponticum , introduced 160 years ago , is acclimatised and seeds itself freely in Surrey and elsewhere . epiphytic . There is no ...
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alpine altitude amongst Anthopogon arboreum Asia Assam auriculatum Azaleas barbatum big-leaved bloom blossom buds bush campanulatum campylocarpum Campylogynum cephalanthoides Cephalanthum China Chinese chryseum climate colour corolla covered crimson cultivation dauricum dendrons drought dwarf epiphytic Falconeri feet high fifteen feet flowers flowers in April foliage forms Fortunei fragrant Frontier of Burma frost genus glabrous gnarled green Griffithianum growing socially Guinea habrotrichum Hæmatodes Handsworth hardy Heliolepis Himalaya hippophæoides hybrids inches Indo-Malaya indumentum Irroratum Isaac Bayley Balfour Japan Lacteum Lapponicum layer leaf leaves limestone Maddeni Minimum sheltered moorland mountains mucronulatum Neriiflorum North-east Nurseries pink plants ponticum purple racemosum recognised region Rhodo Rhododendron arboreum Rhododendrons are found Roylei Saluenense Sanguineum scattered seeds shrub Sikkim sino-grande slopes Smirnowi snow soil Souliei sphæranthum strigillosum sub-series Szechwan Taliense Temperate Rain Forest thickets Thomsonii Tibet Tibetan Marches Traillianum trees Triflorum under-shrub Ungernii vegeta Western Yunnan Williamsianum winter woody plants yellow Yunnan yunnanense