The botanic garden; representations of hardy ornamental flowering plants cultivated in Great Britain; with their names, classes [&c.]. [With] The floral register [and] The fruitist, Volumes 1-21824 |
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ACACIA ACHIMENES allusion America amongst Anemone ANGIOSPERM appellation Apple Apricot April ASPIDIUM Asplenium AUTUMN beautiful BEGONIA Beurré blossoms Botanic botanist BRAZIL Breda bulbs Class cold frame colour CRYPTOGAMIA WIDTH Cultivated July DECANDRIA Dianthus DIDYNAMIA ERICACEE EVERGREEN feet fern FILICES flavour flesh FLOWER,1 Flowers in Duration foliage fruit garden genus grafted Greek green GREENHOUSE growth GYNANDRIA handsome HARDY herbaceous HEXANDRIA Horticultural Society inches increase INTRO introduced juicy JUNE Latin LEAF LEAFLT leaves LEGUMINOSE Linneus loam London Horticultural London Horticultural Society MONANDRIA MONECIA MONOGYNIA Native of Height Natural Order ORCHIDACEE ornamental pale Pear peat PENTANDRIA PERENNIAL Phlox PINK plant Plum POLYANDRIA POLYGAMIA POLYPODIACEE possessing pots produce propagated purple raised from seeds rich ripens roots Russet sandy peat season seedling showy SHRUB situation soil SORI BROWN species SPLEENWORT spring stems STOVE summer SUPERFLUA sweet SYNGENESIA tree TRIANDRIA variety vegetable whilst WHITE winter YELLOW
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Page 11 - Within its crimson folds. Now from the town Buried in smoke and sleep and noisome damps, Oft let me wander o'er the dewy fields, Where freshness breathes, and dash the trembling...
Page 3 - Flower of the wild, whose purple glow Adorns the dusky mountain's side ! Not the gay hues of Iris' bow, Nor garden's artful varied pride, With all its wealth of sweets could cheer, Like thee, the hardy mountaineer. Flower of his heart, thy fragrance mild Of peace and freedom seems to breathe.
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