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Pretty greenhouse evergreen shrubs which producepink flowers in July. They flourish in a soil consisting of equal proportions of loam, peat, and sand. Cuttings of the young wood planted under glass in...
These must be sown on a hotbed, or in rather stronger heatthan is necessary for half-hardy descriptions. As soon as they are large enough to be shifted, prick them off into small pots, gradually potti...
A hardy and very ornamental perennial with roundbronzy foliage and spikes of white flowers at midsummer. It succeeds best in peat, but will grow in any rich, light soil. To increase it, divide the roo...
Ornamental evergreen shrubs of a twining nature, needing agreenhouse for their cultivation. They require a rich, loamy soil mixed with a little sand, or loam and peat, and rejoice in shade and moistur...
Hardy perennial. For flavouring vinegar; also used insalads, soups, and pickles.
A feathery-foliaged hardy perennial, useful for mixing withcut blooms. No special treatment is required. Height, 11 ft.
Neat feathery plants, very suitable for banks and thrivingat the seaside, as is evidenced by its luxuriant growth along the parades at Eastbourne. The hardy kinds will grow in any soil, and may be pro...