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A practical handbook for gardeners learning to grow hardy herbaceous, bulbous and other open‑air plants in English climates, offering seasonal guidance from spring through winter and advice for cottage and seaside plots. It covers soils, manures, seed‑sowing, layers and cuttings, rose culture, weed and pest control, and garden arrangement, stressing general principles rather than exhaustive listings. The author favors naturalistic, individual planting over rigid bedding schemes, encourages combining book knowledge with experience, and highlights a selection of well‑known old‑fashioned flowers suited to informal, healthily grown gardens.

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Title: The Book of Old-Fashioned Flowers

Author: Harry Roberts

Illustrator: Ethel Roskruge

Release date: April 18, 2015 [eBook #48740]
Most recently updated: October 24, 2024

Language: English

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HANDBOOKS OF PRACTICAL GARDENING—IV

EDITED BY HARRY ROBERTS

THE BOOK OF OLD-FASHIONED FLOWERS

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AN OLD-FASHIONED GARDEN

THE BOOK OF OLD-
FASHIONED FLOWERS
AND OTHER PLANTS WHICH THRIVE
IN THE OPEN-AIR OF ENGLAND

BY
HARRY ROBERTS
AUTHOR OF "THE CHRONICLE OF A CORNISH GARDEN"

WITH NUMEROUS ILLUSTRATIONS
REPRODUCED FROM DRAWINGS BY
ETHEL ROSKRUGE

JOHN LANE: THE BODLEY HEAD
LONDON AND NEW YORK. MCMI

Turnbull & Spears, Printers, Edinburgh.

TO HOMELY UNAFFECTED PEOPLE WHO APPRECIATE HOMELY UNASSUMING FLOWERS

"The precious metals are not often found at the surface of the earth."—Sir Arthur Helps

"I speak with the lowliest of the meadow flowers as readily as with the highest fir-trees."—Heine[viii]

CONTENTS

 PAGE
Thanks xiii
Scope and Limitations 1
Old-Fashioned Flowers 4
A Garden by the Sea 12
Cottage Gardens 24
The Garden in Winter 28
The Garden in Spring 37
The Garden in June 48
How to grow Roses 52
The Garden in July 57
Night in the Garden 62
The Garden in August 69
The Garden in Autumn 73
Shelter and Shade 81
Soils and their Preparation 86
Manures 94
Seed-Sowing and Transplanting 96
Layers and Cuttings 101
Weeds 103
Insect and Other Pests 107
Points 111

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ILLUSTRATIONS

An Old-Fashioned Garden Frontispiece
 PAGE
Poppy Anemones 13
Fritillaries 29
Columbines 41
Honesty 53
Macartney Roses 65
White Wood Lilies 75
Foxgloves 89
Shirley Poppies 99

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