Independent gardening advice for real gardens, balconies and windowsills.
Practical advice on growing food and flowers, improving soil, and making the most of small spaces. Start anywhere — the garden will meet you.
Plant on a warm border in a rathersandy, well-drained soil. Give protection in severe weather, and supply with water during the growing season. Take up and divide every second or third year. The flowe...
Class and Order. Hexandria Monogynia. Generic Character. Cor. 6-partita, patens. Spatha multiflora. Umbella congesta. Caps. supera. Specific Character and Synonyms. ALLIUM descendens caule subteretifo...
Class and Order. Hexandria Monogynia. Generic Character. Cor. hexapetaloidea, irregularis. Filamenta fauci tubi inserta, declinata, inæqualia proportione vel directione. Linn. Fil. Specific Char...
Class and Order. Polyandria Pentagynia. Generic Character. Cal. 0. Petala 5. Nectaria 5 corniculata, inter petala. Caps. 5 distinctæ. Specific Character and Synonyms. AQUILEGIA canadensis nectar...
Class and Order. Tetradynamia Siliquosa. Generic Character. Glandulæ nectariferæ 4, singulæ intra calycis foliola, squamæ instar reflexæ. Specific Character and Synonyms....
Class and Order. Polyandria Monogynia. Generic Character. Cor. 6-petala. Cal. 3-phyllus. Caps. semivalvis. Specific Character and Synonyms. ARGEMONE mexicana capsulis sexvalvibus, foliis spinosis. Lin...
Class and Order. Syngenesia Polygamia Superflua. Generic Character. Recept. nudum, conicum. Pappus nullus. Cal. hemisphæricus: squamis æqualibus. Sem. subovata. Specific Character and Syno...
Class and Order. Didynamia Angiospermia. Generic CharactThe Botanical Magazineer. Cal. obsolete 5-dentatus. Corollæ limbus 5-fidus, æqualis: lobis cordatis. Caps. 2-locularis. Specific Cha...
Class and Order. Pentandria Monogynia. Generic Character. Cor. rotata. Pistillum declinatum. Stamina tubo corollæ infidentia. Antheræ demum spirales. Peric. 2-loculare. Specific Character...
Class and Order. Syngenesia Polygamia Superfloa. Generic Character. Recept. nullum. Pappus simplex. Cal. simplex polyphyllus æqualis. Specific Character and Synonyms. CINERARIA Amelloides pedunc...
Class and Order. Heptandria Monogynia. Generic Character. Cal. sub 7-partitus. Cor. rotata, subseptem-partita. Caps. 2-locularis, polysperma. Specific Character and Synonyms. DISANDRA prostrata. Linn....
Class and Order. Octandria Monogynia. Generic Character. Cal. 4-phyllus. Cor. 4-fida. Filamenta receptaculo inferta. Antheræ bifidæ. Caps. 4-locularis. Specific Character and Synonyms. ERI...