 | Charles McIntosh - Flower gardening - 1856 - 1024 pages
...substantial, particularly those of the lower or outer circle, commonly called the 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... | |
 | Floriculture - 1869 - 418 pages
...nor so few as to appear thin. The lower or outer circle of petals, commonly called the guard-leaves, should be particularly substantial : they should rise...direction, supporting the interior petals, which should 2O2 Sour Stuff. decrease gradually in size as they approach the centre, which should be well filled... | |
 | James Douglas (F.R.H.S.) - Flower gardening - 1880 - 214 pages
...substantial, particularly those of the outer circle of petals, •commonly called the guard petals, these should rise perpendicularly about half an inch above...gracefully in a horizontal direction, supporting the inner petals, which should gradually decrease in size, and fill up without crowding the centre of the... | |
 | Ernest Thomas Cook - Carnations - 1905 - 222 pages
...thin and empty, the petals broad and stiff, the guard petals well rounded, and should rise a little above the calyx, and then turn off gracefully in a horizontal direction, supporting the inner petals, which should gracefully taper towards the crown. Bizarres should have three colours in... | |
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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... 
