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The A.B.C. of the Rock Garden and Pool

The A.B.C. of the Rock Garden and Pool

W. E. Shewell-Cooper / WEShewell-Cooper

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Barzun Press
Año de edición:
2008
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Jardinería
ISBN:
9781443704748
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The A.B.C. Of The Rock Garden And Pool - PREFACE - YEARS ago I was asked to write a book on Rock Gardens and another on Garden Pools and I did so. I am glad to say they both sold well but then the 1939 War came and it proved impossible to reprint them. So came the brainwave of amalgamating them into one book and including them in the A.B.C. series and here they are......... - Contents - CHAPTER PAGE I. THE REASONS FOR ROCK GARDENING . 9 11. CI-IOICE OF SITE, ASPECT AND MATERIAL . I3 111. MAKING THE ROCK GARDEN . I9 IV. MAKING THE ROCK WALL AND LAYING CRAZY PAVING . 27 V. SOILS, PLANTING AND PLANTS FOR THE BEGINNER . 34 VI. THE SCREE, MORAINE AND STREAM . 38 VII. THE ALPINE HOUSE . 44 VIII. FLOWERING SHRUBS, CONIFERS AND FERNS . 49 IX. BULBS . 59 X. GENERAL MANAGEMEXT AND PROPAGATION . 66 XI. LISTS OF ROCK PLANTS WITH DIRECTIOKS AND INSTRUCTIONS 78 XII. THE GARDEN POOL-ITS CONSTRUCTION AND SURROUNDS . . 127 XIII. BALANCE AND PREPARATION I43 XIV. M7.4TR LILIES . . . 146 XV. AQUATIC PLANTS . 15.5 XVI. FISH AND SCAVANGERS . . 161 XVII. WHAT SHALL 1 BUY . I74 YVIII. HEALTH IN TIJE POOL . 176 XIX. LIST OF PLANTS TO GROW IN A POOL. . 182..................

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