Dorothy Lowe

A Book of Simple Gardening

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Originally published in 1914, this book is a guide for school teachers in teaching their classes how to build and maintain a school garden.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 108
• Erscheinungstermin: 2. April 2015
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 6mm
• Gewicht: 178g
• ISBN-13: 9781107544536
• ISBN-10: 110754453X
• Artikelnr.: 42804456

Inhaltsangabe

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.