Popular Garden Flowers

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Excerpt from Popular Garden Flowers: Anemones, Asters, Begonias, Carnations, Crocuses, Daffodils, Dahlias, Geraniums, Gladioli, Hollyhocks, Hyacinths, Irises, Lilies, Pansies, Phloxes, Primulas, Sweet Peas, Stocks, Tulips, RosesSystems of gardening are not of much use unless supported by good plants, of which the best varieties are selected for thorough cultivation.Many amateurs grow too many kinds of plants. They crowd their beds, borders, and rockeries with a heterogeneous assembly of genera, many of which are of no special value. They would find gardening equally interesting, and far more effective, if they selected a few Of the great ¿owers which have been developed by ¿orists, studied the habit and requirements of the plants, and made themselves acquainted with the best varieties.By making good use of such great bulbous ¿owers as Daffodils, Tulips, and Hyacinths for spring, Begonias, Roses, Sweet Peas, Zonal Geraniums, Asters, Carna tions, Hollyhocks, Irises, Lilies, Paeonies, and Pansies for, summer, and Dahlias, Chrysanthemums, Phloxes, Michaelmas Daisies, Japanese Anemones, and Gladioli for late summer and autumn, it is possible to have a garden full of beauty and interest for the greater part Of the year.In The Perfect Garden I dealt with systems of gardening and plans of gardens. In a second work.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.