 | William Herbert - Amaryllidaceae - 1837 - 564 pages
...twice the natural size with red flesh. Lobelia speciosa is a cross between L. siphylitica and fnlgens, yet it reproduces itself abundantly. The more these...the several gifts in which each excels, whether of hardiness to endure our seasons, of brilliancy in its colours, of delicacy in its markings, of fragrance,... | |
 | Fruit-culture - 1837 - 510 pages
...recommends to gardeners the study of cross breeding. " To the cultivators of ornamental plants," he says, " the facility of raising hybrid varieties affords an...the several gifts in which each excels, whether of hardiness to endure our seasons, of brilliancy in its colors, of delicacy in its markings, of fragrance,... | |
 | Gardening - 1837 - 648 pages
...justice to his work, save by extracting the whole. " To the cultivators of ornamental plants," he says, " the facility of raising hybrid varieties affords an...the several gifts in which each excels, whether of hardiness to endure our seasons, of brilliancy in its colours, of delicacy in its markings, of fragrance,... | |
 | Botanical illustration - 1838 - 390 pages
...will only confound him when his views shall appear to have been superficial and inaccurate ; wliile on the other hand, it will furnish him an irrefragable...the several gifts in which each excels, whether of hardiness to endure our seasons, of brilliancy in its colours, of delicacy in its markings, of fragrance,... | |
 | John Lindley - Gardening - 1840 - 448 pages
...power of man exercised in this way? " To the cultivators of ornamental plants," says Mr. Herbert *, "the facility of raising hybrid varieties affords...the several gifts in which each excels, whether of hardiness to endure our seasons, of brilliancy in its colours, of delicacy in its markings, of fragrance,... | |
 | John Lindley - Gardening - 1855 - 662 pages
...power of man exercised in this way ? " To the cultivators of ornamental plants," says Mr. Herbert,* "the facility of raising hybrid varieties affords...the several gifts in which each excels, whether of hardiness to endure our seasons, of brilliancy in its colours, of delicacy in its markings, of fragrance,... | |
 | John Lindley - Gardening - 1855 - 636 pages
...way ? " To the cultivators of ornamental plants," says Mr. Herbert,* "the facility of raising Irybrid varieties affords an endless source of interest and...the several gifts in which each excels, whether of hardiness to endure our seasons, of brilliancy in its colours, of delicacy in its markings, of fragrance,... | |
 | Iowa State Horticultural Society - Fruit-culture - 1888 - 460 pages
...CROSS BREEDING. BY JOHN CRAIG, AMES, IOWA. To the cultivators of ornamental plants, says Mr. Herbert, the facility of raising hybrid varieties affords an...several species of each genus, that he possesses the material with which he must work and he considers in what manner he can blend them to the best advantage,... | |
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To the cultivators of ornamental plants, the facility of raising hybrid varieties affords an endless source of interest and amusement. He sees in the several species of each genus that he possesses the materials with which he must work, and he considers... 