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... poeticus forms and the majority of the bunch- flowered varieties are referred to in popular language as narcissi . I have just mentioned the famous garden book , the " Paradisus " of John Parkinson , which appeared in 1629. Undoubtedly ...
... poeticus forms and the majority of the bunch- flowered varieties are referred to in popular language as narcissi . I have just mentioned the famous garden book , the " Paradisus " of John Parkinson , which appeared in 1629. Undoubtedly ...
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... POETICUS VARIETIES . - The essen- tial character is a pure white perianth - e.g . , Ornatus and Cassandra . Many of the new Barrii hybrids come very near the poeticus - e.g . , Firetail . DIVISION X .: DOUBLE VARIETIES . - E.g . , Tela ...
... POETICUS VARIETIES . - The essen- tial character is a pure white perianth - e.g . , Ornatus and Cassandra . Many of the new Barrii hybrids come very near the poeticus - e.g . , Firetail . DIVISION X .: DOUBLE VARIETIES . - E.g . , Tela ...
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... poeticus tribe like a stiff soil , whereas to plant King Alfred in it is to sign its death warrant . All the species and varieties are not equally hardy ; for example , the tazettas will not come through severe winters in the same way ...
... poeticus tribe like a stiff soil , whereas to plant King Alfred in it is to sign its death warrant . All the species and varieties are not equally hardy ; for example , the tazettas will not come through severe winters in the same way ...
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... poeticus varieties , which never lose their roots like an Emperor does . There is no doubt that the sooner we get our choice bulbs into the ground the better it is for them , but July and August planting is very inconvenient in an ...
... poeticus varieties , which never lose their roots like an Emperor does . There is no doubt that the sooner we get our choice bulbs into the ground the better it is for them , but July and August planting is very inconvenient in an ...
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... Poeticus recurvus . II I I Ic Lobularis ( where the grass is short ) . 2a Frank Miles . Ib Madame de Graaff . 4b Water Witch . ia Lent lily ( native ) . Ia Golden Bell . 2b Nelsoni major . 24 Autocrat . Varieties for the Rock Garden ...
... Poeticus recurvus . II I I Ic Lobularis ( where the grass is short ) . 2a Frank Miles . Ib Madame de Graaff . 4b Water Witch . ia Lent lily ( native ) . Ia Golden Bell . 2b Nelsoni major . 24 Autocrat . Varieties for the Rock Garden ...
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alba ALLIUM autumn flowering azureus beautiful beds or borders bloom bowls breeder Brodiĉa broken flower bulbous bulbs camassias catalogues CHAPTER chionodoxas Clara Butt clumps colchicums colour corms crocus cultivation cyclamineus daffodils Darwin tulips Deep blue dove's dung Dutch early edge English irises ERYTHRONIUMS florists foliage Galtonia gladiolus grape hyacinths grass ground grow grower grown Haarlem Habranthus hardy bulbs Heavenly Blue hence hispanica Holland iris late leaves lifted light soil lilac lily lists looking Madame de Graaff mania mauve Montbretia Muscari narcissus nursery nutans Orange pale blue perianth petals pink planted poetaz poeticus pots prĉcox Pride of Haarlem primrose Pure white purple puschkinia raising seedlings Red cups Rich rock garden roots rose rosy saffron sardensis Scilla seed seeder shade snowdrop Snowflake Soft species and varieties spike spring stems tall tazettas thin woodland tuberous tulip mania wild garden Winter Aconite yellow
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Page 68 - And because the breath of flowers is far sweeter in the air (where it comes and goes like the warbling of music) than in the hand, therefore nothing is more fit for that delight, than to know what be the flowers and plants that do best perfume the air.
Page 84 - And there was a great famine in Samaria : and, behold, they besieged it, until an ass's head was sold for fourscore pieces of silver, and the fourth part of a cab of dove's dung for five pieces of silver.
Page 21 - The old order changeth, yielding place to new, And God fulfils himself in many ways, Lest one good custom should corrupt the world Comfort thyself: what comfort is in me?
Page 107 - I KNOW a maiden fair to see, Take care ! She can both false and friendly be, Beware ! beware ! Trust her not, She is fooling thee ! She has two eyes, so soft and brown, Take care ! She gives a side-glance and looks down, Beware ! beware ! Trust her not, She is fooling thee...
Page 15 - Distinguishing character — Perianth white and cup or crown white, cream, or pale citron, sometimes tinged with pink or apricot. (a) Cup or crown not less than one-third but less than equal to the length of the perianth segments.
Page 44 - AUGUST'S ABSTRACT. ! CHAP. XLVI. 1. THBY fallowing won, Get compassing done. 2. In June, and in Au, Swinge brakes (for a law). 3. Pare saffron plot, Forget it not. His dwelling make trim, Look shortly for him. When harvest is gone, Then saffron comes on. 4. A little of ground, Brings saffron a pound.
Page 43 - HYACINTHUS (Hyacinth). — The familiar garden Hyacinth is not generally included among hardy plants, though it is perfectly hardy, and, when treated as it should be, is most important.
Page 85 - Betty go to bed at noon. Ornithogalum umbellatum, L., from the closing of the flowers in the middle of the day.—Sal.
Page 49 - rosy-fingered dawn " of spring, are the words which rise to our lips instinctively as we look upon it. Most gladsome of the early flowers ! None gives more glowing welcome to the season, or strikes on our first glance with .a ray of keener pleasure when, with some bright morning's warmth, the solitary golden fingers have kindled into knots of thick-clustered yellow bloom on the borders of the cottage garden. At a distance the eye is caught...
Page 68 - Make a mixture of the spicy scent of the real old clove carnation and the ecclesiastical...