Book Description

Excerpt from Home Floriculture in California The beginner will need to know something about the climate and soils of California. A brief discussion of these topics is therefore included. Lists of plants for special purposes and'a planting calendar' are given to aid him in selecting flowers and planning his work. Since there is a great similarity in the propagation of different flowering plants from seeds or from vegetative parts, one section is devoted to general methods of propagation. More specific and detailed hints on propagation, and also on selec tion of varieties, cultivation, and care, are given for the flowers and ornamentals most important. In California In order that the reader unfamiliar with names may more readily find the type of plant in which he is interested, these hints are grouped into such classes as annuals, herbaceous perennials, flowering bulbs, deciduous shrubs and trees, and evergreen flowering climbers, according to the habit of growth of the plant concerned. The index at the back may prove help ful in locating the discussion of a particular plant. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.