Miniature English Gardens Take Root In Modern Displays
Gardening writers note window boxes and patio planters can be upgraded with miniature England style gardens. Designers favor rock garden tones in troughs and stone sinks to create portable landscapes suited to small spaces. Dr George S Avery cites limited resources on the subject and Brooklyn Botanic Garden offers a handbook titled Miniature Gardens with insights from experts and classroom projects by schoolchildren.
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England
H. Lincoln Foster
Falls Village
Connecticut
Saible
George S. Avery
Care
America Garden Books
Brooklyn
Choosing Bedding Plants By Color For Mass Planting
The article guides choosing bedding annuals by color, stressing visibility at distance and color impact. It highlights white as most visible from afar, with yellow and orange highly noticeable up close. Petunias, marigolds, and zinnias are recommended for mass plantings, with other options like geraniums, dahlias, salvias, and impatiens noted for edging or shaded areas.
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America
Coleus
Trees And Flowers For Roadsides And Floriade 1972
A newspaper item urges tree planting for beauty and comfort, then outlines roadside sowing tips. It notes Floriade 1972 in Amsterdam, detailing Beatrix Park development and the scope of the exhibition. It describes sowing annuals like poppies phlox and zinnias, and methods to seed roadsides from flat areas to steep banks with soil contact and protective coverings.
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Amsterdam
Florida
California
Flanders
Europe
Handbook Details Hourglass Roadside Miniature Gardens
A Brooklyn Botanic Garden handbook describes cement stonelike containers and dwarf plants for roadside decorative gardens. It covers design, planting, dwarf conifers, terrariums, and miniature garden forms with 75 illustrations. Copies cost $1.25 and are mailed from Brooklyn New York.
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Brooklyn Botanic Garden
Washington Avenue
Brooklyn
New York
Clip And Trim Pruning For Tree Health And Appearance
A fragment notes pruning and trimming of trees to remove dead diseased rubbing and interfering branches. It stresses regular attention to pruning needs for continued health and improved appearance, though the text ends with an unclear promise of future growth.
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Gardening News
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