Book of Simple Gardening

Book of Simple Gardening

Especially Adapted for Schools

Lowe, Dorothy

Cambridge University Press

10/2015

108

Mole

Inglês

9781107544536

15 a 20 dias

190

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Introduction; 1. Soil. Manure. The situation of the garden. Laying it out. The paths. Laying out a rose garden; 2. Selection of tools. Spade. Fork. Hoes. Trowel. Dibbler. Hand-fork. Rake. Mattock. Forked hoe. Shears. Half-moon. Pruning scissors. Sieves; 3. Sowing seeds. Weeding. Mulching. Cuttings. Runners and layers. Potting. Syringing. Pruning fruit trees and shrubs; 4. Work for each month. Suggestions for weekly classes; 5. Vegetables. Rotation of crops. List of useful varieties. Sticking peas, etc. Potatoes. Green vegetables. Root crops. Protection from birds and slugs. Lettuce. Celery. Aspargus. Globe and Jerusalem artichokes. Mustard and cress. Seakale. Carrots and beetroot. Leeks. When vegetables should be gathered. Dates for sowing; 6. Fruit trees. Planting. Pruning. Plums. Pears. Apples. Currants. Peaches. Gooseberries. Black currants. Raspberries. Thinning fruit. Mulching. Summer pruning. Strawberries; 7. Roses. Situation. Soil. Planting. Pruning. Green fly. List of roses; 8. Flowering shrubs. Planting. Pruning. Mock orange. Rhodedendrons and azaleas. Spireas. Brooms and gorse. Ayrshire roses. Clematis. Climbing shrubs. Evergreens; 9. Preparation for the rock garden. Type of rockery. Stone. Laying it out. Paths. Soils. Shrubs. Planting. Seeds. Water plants; 10. Insect pests and diseases. Grubs, caterpillars, etc. Mildew, potato disease, etc. A few common remedies; 11. List of annuals, biennials, perennials, rock plants, plants for shade and semi-shade. Flowers for each month in a perennial border; Index.
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