 | Bernard M'Mahon - Gardening - 1806 - 746 pages
...inches in diameter, consisting of numerous petals, the largest at the outside, and gradually diminishing in size as they approach the centre, which should be well filled up. The blossom should be of a hemispherical form ; and its component petals imbricated in such a manner,... | |
 | John Sanders (writer on horticulture.) - 1829 - 214 pages
...substantial, particularly those of the lower or outer circle, commonly called the guardleaves ; these should rise perpendicularly about half an inch above...horizontal direction supporting the interior petals, and altogether forming a convex and nearly hemispherical corolla, The interior petals should rather... | |
 | Henry Phillips - Floriculture - 1829 - 442 pages
...or outer circle, commonly called the guard-leaves ; these should rise perpendicularly about ha I fan inch above the calyx, and then turn off gracefully...horizontal direction, supporting the interior petals, and altogether forming a convex, and nearly hemispherical, corolla. The interior petals should rather... | |
 | Gardening - 1832 - 778 pages
...in diameter. 2. The petals should be long, broad, and stiff, easy to expand and make free flowers, the lower or outer circle of petals, commonly called...decrease gradually in size as they approach the centre, and with them the centre should be well filled. All the petals should be regularly disposed, and lie... | |
 | Agriculture - 1832 - 780 pages
...in diameter. 2. The petals should be long, broad, and stiff, easy to expand and make free flowers, the lower or outer circle of petals, commonly called...about half an inch above the calyx, and then turn oft' gracefully in a horizontal direction, supporting the interior petals, which should decrease gradually... | |
 | Philip Miller - 1835 - 632 pages
...high. The flowe should be at least three inches in dia meter, and the petals well formed, nei ther so many as to appear crowded, nor so few as to appear...petals, commonly called the guard leaves, should be par ticularly substantial : they should rise perpendicularly about half an inch abo vc the calyx, and... | |
 | 1836 - 284 pages
...the lower or outer circle, commonly called the guard leaves ; these should rise perpendicularly abont half an inch above the calyx, and then turn off gracefully...horizontal direction, supporting the interior petals, and altogether foriniug a convex and nearly hemispherical corolla. The interior petals should rather... | |
 | Science - 1842 - 496 pages
...in diameter. 2. The petals should be long, broad, and stiff, easy to expand and make free flowers, the lower or outer circle of petals, commonly called...gracefully in a horizontal direction, supporting the ulterior petals, which should decrease gradually in size as they approach the centre, and with them... | |
 | Flower gardening - 1851 - 390 pages
...and substantial, particularly those of the lower or outer circle, commonly called guard-leaves; these should rise perpendicularly about half an inch above...horizontal direction, supporting the interior petals, and altogether forming a convex and nearly hemispherical corolla. The interior petals should rather... | |
 | Horticulture - 1855 - 382 pages
...appear thin and empty ; the petals broad and stiff; the guard one well rounded, and should rise a little above the calyx, and then turn off gracefully in a horizontal direction, supporting the interior ones, which should gradually taper towards the crown. Bizarres must have three colours in every petal... | |
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... substantial ; they should rise perpendicularly, about half an inch above the calyx, and then turn off gracefully in a horizontal direction, supporting the interior petals, which should decrease gradually in size as they approach the centre, and with... 
