William Robinson

Gleanings from French Gardens

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

In this 1869 work, William Robinson argues that superior French methods of training fruit should be widely adopted in Britain.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 314
• Erscheinungstermin: 24. Juli 2017
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 140mm x 19mm
• Gewicht: 445g
• ISBN-13: 9781108079839
• ISBN-10: 1108079830
• Artikelnr.: 43611759

Inhaltsangabe

Preface
1. Subtropical gardening
2. Hardy plants for 'subtropical' gardening
3. Le jardin fleuriste de la ville de Paris
4. The public gardens and parks of Paris
5. Floral decoration of apartments in Paris
6. The ivy and its uses in Parisian gardens
7. Gladiolus culture and rose-showing
8. The cordon system of training fruit trees
9. Improved mode of growing the pear as an espalier
10. Palmette Verrier
11. Pyramidal training
12. Columnar and pendulous training
13. Preserving grapes and peaches
14. A new and cheap method of making garden walls
15. Culture of the orange and oleander
16. Asparagus culture in France
17. Salad culture, etc.
18. Horticultural implements, appliances, etc.
A new lawn plant
Fruit prospects
Index.