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Talks About Flowers

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Read by BettyB, Kathleen Moore, Larry Wilson and others · 5 h 25 min · 39 parts

  1. Preface

    2:45

  2. Introduction

    6:03

  3. A Talk to Farmers' Wives

    7:19

  4. A Talk About "The Wild Garden"

    6:54

  5. A Talk About Stocking the Garden

    9:55

  6. Phlox Drummondii

    4:29

  7. Verbenas

    8:17

  8. Petunias

    4:54

  9. A Talk About Pansies

    6:57

  10. Asters

    3:48

  11. Balsams

    3:30

  12. A Talk About Geraniums

    12:57

  13. A Talk About Begonias

    7:50

  14. Gloxinia, Tuberose

    9:14

  15. A Talk About Gladiolus

    11:58

  16. A Talk About Pelargoniums

    18:31

  17. A Talk About Fuchsias

    14:09

  18. A Talk About Coleuses

    14:19

  19. Ornamental Foliage Plants

    31:21

  20. A Talk About Primroses

    6:45

  21. Carnations and Picotees

    11:44

  22. A Talk About Climbers

    20:45

  23. Thoughts in My Garden - A Poem

    2:00

  24. A Talk About Several Things

    8:04

  25. The Love of Flowers

    4:38

  26. A Talk About Abutilons

    10:55

  27. A Talk About Dahlias

    13:43

  28. Amaryllis

    3:48

  29. Hoya Carnosa or Wax Plant

    2:04

  30. Among My Flowers

    11:16

  31. A Talk About Cyclamens and Oxalis

    8:15

  32. A Talk About Lilies

    10:17

  33. Double Bouvardia

    3:55

  34. Camellia Japonica

    2:55

  35. Azalea

    3:23

  36. The Ingathering of the Flowers

    3:05

  37. My Window Box

    3:29

  38. Hyacinths

    4:36

  39. Insects

    4:19

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Small flower beds tended by their owners are the starting point for Mrs. M. D. Wellcome's informal gardening handbook. Addressing beginners and amateurs, she explains her plans to discuss seeds, garden arrangement, bulbs, climbing plants and window gardens. Close observation matters as much as cultivation: a simple magnifying glass reveals the details of blossoms, while aphids attract her patient attention. Her advice to farmers' wives presents a few minutes among plants as welcome recreation during household work.

Published in 1881, the volume brings growing advice together with verse and reflections on the religious meaning of flowers. The discussion of ornamental foliage describes leaf shapes, colors and contrasting markings, with notes on soil, warmth and watering for plants such as Dieffenbachia. These pages offer readers of gardening history a view of the plants admired in a home garden and the practical language used to explain their care.

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First published
1881
Reading time
About 4 hours
Pages
140
Language
English
Formats
PDF, EPUB, Read online, Audiobook
Audio read by
BettyB, Kathleen Moore, Larry Wilson and others