| Flora Domestica, Or, the Portable Flower-Garden: With Directions for the Treatment of Plants in Pots Contributor(s): Hunt, Leigh (Author) |
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ISBN: 1409712036 ISBN-13: 9781409712039 Publisher: McIntosh Press OUR PRICE: $28.79 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: May 2008 * Not available - Not in print at this time * |
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| BISAC Categories: - Gardening |
| Physical Information: 0.98" H x 5.5" W x 8.5" (1.22 lbs) 440 pages |
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| Publisher Description: FLORA DOMESTICA, THE PORTABLE FLOWER-GARDEN DIRECTIONS FOR THE TWATRIENT OF -- PLANTS IN POTS ILLUSTRATIONS FROM TI-IE WORKS OF THE POETS. c HOW exquisitely sweet This zich display of fbwers, This airy wild of fragrance So lovcIy to the cyc, And to the sense so sweet. ANDREXS AAM. LONDON PRINTED. FOR TAYLOR nm HESSEY, 93, FLEET-STREET, AM11 13, CVATERLOO-PLACE, P.LL-MATJL 1829. FLORA DOMESTEA. TO SIR IVILLIAM KNIGHTON, BAlCL. sIn, I TAKE .the liberty of laying this Volume bcforc you, in humble acktlowledgment of the gm- titude and respect with which I rcrnain, SIR, Your humble and obedient Servant, THZ AUTI-IOR. LIST OF THE PLANTS DESCRIBED IN THIS .WORK . .......................................... A . Page Ad6nis 1 Africnn Lily .............. Agnpdnthus .............. 4 African ATarygold. sec Tagetcs . Agh-e. see Alw . Almond-tree ............ Amygdala ................ 5 Aloc .......................................... 6 Amaranth .............. Amadnthus .............. 14 AmaryIlis. see Star Lily . Andr6mcda ...................................... 18 Anemone ................ AnemGne ................ 19 Aatholyfzt ........................ ............. 24 Anthyllis ....................................... 25 Antirrhtnum ...................................... 26 ArborVit .............. Thhja .................. 27 Atrbutus ................... . .................. 28 Afrum .................. Cdla Ethibpica ............ 32 Asphodel ................ Asphbdelus .............. 33 Astcr ............................................ 35 Aficuba- Japbnica .................................. 37 AurIcula ............... Primula Auricula .......... 38 lea 43 ........................................... B . ................. ................. .................- .................. ................ ................ Balm Mellssa 44 Balm of Gilcad. sce Dragonshead . Balsam ZrnpCtiens 47 Basil Qtcymum 49 Bay ..................... Lalrns Nbbilis ........... 51 Belvedere. .............. Chenopbdium Scop5ria ...... 59 Ditter.vctch .............. Orobus .................. 60 Blood-wort .............. SanguinBria .............. 51 Box-tree ................ BCxus .................. 63 Urootn .................. Spdrtiurn ................ 65 Browhllia ......................................... 69 ... v111 LIST OF PLANTS . Cami.llia Jnp6nica ................................ 70 Canlphnuls ...................................... 71 Canal.- tuft .............. Ibkris .................... 73 Canterbury Bclls. we Campanula . Cardimine ...................................... 74 cardinal-flower .......... LobElia .................. 76 Catchfly ................ Sil6nc .................... 77 CBandine ................ Chelidbnium .............. 77 Cnt.aury ................ Centaurka ................ 82 .................. .................. Crcus CCUS 84 Ccrinthe ........................................ 86 Chdbnc ........................................ 87 China Rose, see Hibiscus . Chionhthus ...................... . ..... .., ...... 88 Chir6nia ........................................ 88 CltrpsBnthemum .............................. . 89 Cinedria ........................................ 91 Cistus .................... . ................. 92 Clkmatis ........................................ 93 ClEthra .......................................... 96 Cocks.comb. see Amaranth . C6lchicum ...................................... 96 C6lumbine .............. Aqulgia ................ 97 Colutka Fruthcenu ................................ 99 Conv6lrulus ............................., . .. 100 Cwe6psis ........................................ 103 Corn-flag ................ Gladi6lus ................ 104 Coronilla ........................................ 105 Cotyl6don ...................................... 106 Cowslip ................ Primula VCris ............ 107 - of Jerusalem ...... Pulmotliria ................ 110 Crinum .... |