Beautiful Flowers and How to Grow Them (Classic Reprint) - Couverture souple

Fitz-Gerald, S. J. Adair

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1440044287 ISBN 13 : 9781440044281

Editeur : Forgotten Books, 2018

Synopsis

Learn how to grow a dazzling range of flowers and houseplants with practical, easy steps. From drought‑tolerant cacti to bright Epiphyllums, this book shows how to care for a wide variety of plants and achieve dependable, year‑round blooms. It also covers greenhouse culture, propagation, and simple display ideas that bring color to windows, boxes, and beds.

Beautiful Flowers and How to Grow Them offers practical guidance on:

• Choosing and caring for cacti and other drought‑tolerant plants, including watering and light needs.


• Growing striking bloomers like Cereuses, Epiphyllums, and Phyllocactus, with notes on grafting and suitable substrates.


• Creating attractive window boxes and bowls, combining bulbs with seasonal greens for continuous displays.


• Planning and caring for bulbs, carnations, and other popular garden subjects, with risk‑reduction tips for beginners.

Ideal for readers of suburban gardens and greenhouse hobbyists seeking clear, hands‑on advice to enjoy reliable flowers year after year.

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Présentation de l'éditeur

Jfi $THERE is a charm about a beautiful Rose garden which appeals irresistibly to every lover of flowers. It is not necessary to win a prize at a Rose show to enjoy Roses when they are used in free, informal, natural ways. There is a wide gulf between exhibiting and gardening. The exhibitor of Roses does not keep beautiful garden effects constantly before him, and plant and prune in such a way as to form pleasing garden pictures; he aims at producing a limited number of flowers of a particular type. For this reason people who loveR oses must not allow themselves to be unduly influenced by what they see and hear at shows. They must learn about beautiful garden Roses what they are, and how to manage them in order to get lovely garden scenes, together with abundance of flowers for bowls and vases. There should be nothing stiff, stilted, and formal about Roses, whether in the growing of them, the utilisation of them, or the writing about them. We should look upon them as cheerful, delightful, affectionate companions. To put the trees in stiff rows, grow them on a level, and prune them back to mere stumps, like a blackthorn hedge, is to rob them of all chance of showing whether they possess natural beauty. And to write of Roses as though they were mere automata, devoid of all sentiment, of all power of appeal to our finest feelings, is to put them on the same plane as mangold wurzels. Beauty create beauty.
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About the Publisher

Forgotten Books is a publisher of historical writings, such as: Philosophy, Classics, Science, Religion, History, Folklore and Mythology.

Forgotten Books' Classic Reprint Series utilizes the latest technology to regenerate facsimiles of historically important writings. Careful attention has been made to accurately preserve the original format of each page whilst digitally enhancing th

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Forgotten Books
• Date d'édition: 2018
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1440044287
• ISBN 13: 9781440044281
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 474
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible