Dictionary of Flowers And Plants For Gardening

Dictionary of Flowers & Plants For Gardening by Alfred Pink ...

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Dictionary of Flowers & Plants For Gardening By ALFRED PINK AUTHOR OF "RECIPES FOR THE MILLION." ...

PREFACE. It is with the object of stimulating the cultivation of gardens still more beautiful than those generally to be met wit ...

A Aaron's Rod.--See "Solidago." Abelia.--Very ornamental evergreen shrubs, bearing tubular, funnel-shaped flowers. They succeed ...

sheltered situation. Will also bear dividing. Height, 3 ft. Acer (Maple).--Very vigorous plants, suitable when young for pots, a ...

Actaea Spicata (Bane Berry).--A hardy herbaceous perennial which delights in a shady position, and will even grow under trees. I ...

9-in. pot for each plant. In winter protect from severe frost, and give but very little water. The flowers are both lovely and s ...

Allspice.--See "Calycanthus" and "Chimonanthus." Alonsoa.--A pretty and free-blooming half-hardy annual, which produces fine spi ...

Most of the stove and greenhouse species should be turned out of their pots in autumn, and laid by in a dry place until spring, ...

Anchusa.--Anchusa Capensis is best raised in a frame and treated as a greenhouse plant, though in reality it is a hardy perennia ...

produce seed, and die in one season. Hardy.--The seed should be sown thinly in the open borders during March, April, or May in f ...

Anthericum Liliago (St. Bernard's Lily).--One of the finest of hardy plants, and easy to grow. Planted in deep, free, sandy soil ...

their natural enemy. Apios Tuberosa (Glycine Apios).--An American climbing plant which produces in the autumn bunches of purple ...

the north or north-west side of the stem and as near the ground as possible. To obtain prime fruit, thin the fruit-buds out to a ...

in winter, and re-pot as the plants increase in size. Be careful not to let the sun shine on them at any time, as this would cau ...

Arenaria Balearica (Sand Wort).--A hardy evergreen trailing plant of easy culture, provided it is favoured with a sandy soil. It ...

leaf-mould, and sand, with a little crushed charcoal. In June transplant them in the open to ripen their corms, and in August pu ...

mould, and may be propagated by seed or division. The roots should not be kept too wet, especially in cold weather. Asperula (Wo ...