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William Robinson (18381935) published numerous books on different aspects of gardening. This 1870 work attacks contemporary fashions in public parks and private gardens, which involved showy masses of colour in summer bedding, and calls for a return to the native hardy species found in traditional English gardens.

Table of Contents
1. Explanatory; 2. An enumeration of hardy exotic plants, suitable for naturalization in our woods, semi-wild places, shrubberies, etc., with the native country, general character, height, colour, time of flowering, mode of propagation, and the positions most suitable for each; 3. Selections of hardy exotic plants for naturalization in various positions; 4. The garden of British wild flowers.

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      Publisher: Cambridge University Press
      Publication Date: 11/24/2011 12:00:00 AM
      ISBN13: 9781108037105, 978-1108037105
      ISBN10: 1108037100
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      Botany and plant sciences

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      William Robinson (18381935) published numerous books on different aspects of gardening. This 1870 work attacks contemporary fashions in public parks and private gardens, which involved showy masses of colour in summer bedding, and calls for a return to the native hardy species found in traditional English gardens.

      Table of Contents
      1. Explanatory; 2. An enumeration of hardy exotic plants, suitable for naturalization in our woods, semi-wild places, shrubberies, etc., with the native country, general character, height, colour, time of flowering, mode of propagation, and the positions most suitable for each; 3. Selections of hardy exotic plants for naturalization in various positions; 4. The garden of British wild flowers.

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