The Gardeners' Golden Treasury: Incorporating Sanders' Encyclopaedia of Gardening, [Hellyer's] The Encyclopaedia of Plant Portraits [and Hellyer's] The Encyclopaedia of Garden Work & TermsW.H. and L. Collingridge, 1958 - Gardening |
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Africa America Asia Asia Minor autumn bell-glass in temp blue Brazil bulbs China cold frame Colombia Compost crimson decayed manure deciduous division of plants division of roots early nineteenth century epiphytic Europe evergreen evergreen flowering foliage fragrant fruits garden green greenhouse GREENHOUSE SPECIES Half-hardy Hardy annual Hardy deciduous Hardy perennial herbaceous Himalaya hybrid inserted in sandy introduced early nineteenth Japan June to Sept leaf-mould and sand leaves light soil lilac loam manure March 55 March or April March to Oct March to Sept moderately afterwards moist ordinary pans pink Position pots of sandy PROPAGATION Prune purple rockeries rose sandy loam sandy peat sandy soil scarlet seeds sown sepals shade shady shoots inserted shrub silver sand soil in temp Sow seeds SPECIES CULTIVATED spring stems STOVE SPECIES summer sunny sunny borders transplanting seedlings trees Water freely March Water moderately well-drained pots winter young shoots