Hardy Florists' Flowers: Their Cultivation and ManagementJ. Douglas, 1880 - 172 Seiten |
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Alexander Meiklejohn ANTIRRHINUM Auricula autumn beautiful beds best varieties Bizarres bloom bottom-heat bulbs Campbell carmine CARNATIONS AND PICOTEES centre CHRYSANTHEMUMS cold frame colour compost crimson cultivation cuttings Dahlia early edge exhibition flamed florists flower-buds flowers foliage freely frost fumigating garden George Lightbody Gladioli glass green green-fly greenhouse grow growers grown growth hardy Headly Hepworth Hollyhock Horner Horticultural inches incurved intended James Taylor John John Bayley Keynes Lady layers leaves lights loam Lord manure maroon month mulch necessary obtain out-of-doors PANSIES PENTSTEMONS pest petals Phloxes Pinks pips plants pollen pollen parent Polyanthus Prince Princess of Wales produce propagated pure white purple PYRETHRUMS re-pot removed require roots rose Sarah Payne Seakale season seedlings shaded shoots Simonite small pots Smith soil sorts specimens spikes stems sticks strike surface Taylor thrips Trail trusses Tulip turfy loam Turner weather week white ground winter Wood yellow
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Seite 70 - Chronicle, 1879, John Keynes is quoted as saying: "The first good Dahlia I ever raised was Ovid, the seedling root of which I sold to Mountjoy for ,£50. I think we have never seen a nearer approach to a blue Dahlia." I have seen colored plates of varieties supposed to be on the way to blue. They were mostly shades of purple. I do not believe that an azure blue can ever be attained through either purple or lavender. Beware of crimson-pink.
Seite 29 - The lower or outer circle of petals, commonly called the guard leaves, should be particularly substantial ; they should rise perpendicularly about half an inch above the calyx, and then turn off gracefully in a horizontal direction, supporting the interior petals ; which should decrease gradually in size, as they approach the centre, which should be well filled with them.
Seite 29 - ... beauties should meet the eye altogether ; they should be nearly flat, or with only a small degree of inflection at the broad end ; their edges should be perfectly entire, without notch, fringe, or indenture ; the calyx should be at least an inch in length, sufficiently strong at the top to keep the bases of the petals in a close and circular body.
Seite 30 - The colours should be bright, and equally marked all over the flower, perfectly distinct, the stripes regular, narrowing gradually to the claw of the petal, and there ending in a fine point. Almost one half of each petal should be of a clear white, free from spots. 5. The flower should be very full of petals, so as to render it, when blown, very thick in the middle, and the outside perfectly round.
Seite 124 - ... in a cold frame. Here they can remain till the end of May or later according to size, and they should then be planted out in well-prepared beds. When they flower, which they will do by August and September, any especially good varieties should...
Seite 96 - Should be round, large, with petals firm, fleshy, smooth at the edges, without notch or serrature, and perfectly flat. 2. The centre or tube should not exceed one-fourth of the diameter of the pip ; it should be of a fine yellow or lemon colour, perfectly round, well filled with the anthers or thrum, and the edge rise a trifle above the paste or eye.
Seite 21 - Fox. It is only within the last ten or fifteen years that the red fox has been observed in this county. Previously to that time we had none but the common gray variety.
Seite 29 - ... particularly substantial ; they should rise perpendicularly, about half an inch above the calyx, and then turn off gracefully in a horizontal direction, supporting the interior petals, which should decrease gradually in size as they approach the centre, and with them the centre should be well filled.
Seite ix - Tis not in mortals to command success; But we'll do more, Sempronius—we'll deserve it!