Beautiful Bulbous Plants For the Open Air [Illustrated]

by John Weathers, Mrs. Philip Hensley (Illustrator), John Allen (Illustrator)

Overview

This edition features
• 46 illustrations
• a linked Table of Contents and linked Index

CONTENTS
Preface
List of Plates
Index
Introduction
Geographical Distribution
Something about Bulbs and Corms
Soil for Bulbous Plants
Hints to Beginners
How Deep should Bulbs be Planted?
Natural Sinking of Bulbs and Corms
Bulbs without Contractile Roots
Propagation of Bulbous Plants:— By Offsets, Bulbils, Leaf-Scales, Division, Seeds.
Lifting and Storing Bulbs
Combinations of Bulbous and Non-Bulbous Plants
Naturalising Bulbous Plants in the Grass
Bulbous Plants under Trees and Shrubs
Bulbous Plants for Cut Flowers
Bulbous Plants for Cold Greenhouses
Bulbous Plants for Window Boxes
Descriptions, Culture, Propagation, &c. of the Best Bulbous Plants for the Open Air
Enemies of Bulbous Plants
Manuring Bulbous Plants

Product Details

BN ID:	2940013001534
Publisher:	VolumesOfValue
Publication date:	09/09/2011
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
File size:	2 MB

About the Author

JOHN WEATHERS, F.R.H.S, N.R.S. LECTURER ON HORTICULTURE TO THE MIDDLESEX COUNTY COUNCIL FORMERLY OF THE ROYAL GARDENS, KEW: ROYAL HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY, &C. AUTHOR OF "A PRACTICAL GUIDE TO GARDEN PLANTS." "BEAUTIFUL ROSES." "BEAUTIFUL FLOWERING TREES AND SHRUBS," "BEAUTIFUL GARDEN FLOWERS."