Transactions and Proceedings: 1847-51The Society, 1896 - Gardening Includes list of members. |
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... half of the leaf usually has more spots than the upper half , and frequently a leaf bends abruptly downward near the middle when a large spot has weakened it at that point . Occasionally a leaf may have several bends downward and ...
... half of the leaf usually has more spots than the upper half , and frequently a leaf bends abruptly downward near the middle when a large spot has weakened it at that point . Occasionally a leaf may have several bends downward and ...
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... half the usual size of the variety . With the strength reduced one - half , the good effects were quite as evident , but the dwarfing was still considerable . Reduced to one- quarter of standard strength , the mixture thoroughly ...
... half the usual size of the variety . With the strength reduced one - half , the good effects were quite as evident , but the dwarfing was still considerable . Reduced to one- quarter of standard strength , the mixture thoroughly ...
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... half so fine . After the Irises come the Japanese Lilies , and with a little management these will give a brave show of bloom throughout the summer and fall until frost comes . To carry us through the summer we have also tall Phloxes ...
... half so fine . After the Irises come the Japanese Lilies , and with a little management these will give a brave show of bloom throughout the summer and fall until frost comes . To carry us through the summer we have also tall Phloxes ...
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... half feet deep had been made for them and filled in entirely with turfy , fibrous sods , chopped up , and allowed to stand over winter before planting . No manure was mixed with the sods , but after the rhododendrons were planted a ...
... half feet deep had been made for them and filled in entirely with turfy , fibrous sods , chopped up , and allowed to stand over winter before planting . No manure was mixed with the sods , but after the rhododendrons were planted a ...
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... half feet apart ; in many cases they are placed from six to eight feet apart , with a two by two - inch intermediate post , used centrally between these main posts to give stiffness and nailing facilities for the siding . The posts ...
... half feet apart ; in many cases they are placed from six to eight feet apart , with a two by two - inch intermediate post , used centrally between these main posts to give stiffness and nailing facilities for the siding . The posts ...
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Page 116 - Boast not against the branches. But if thou boast, thou bearest not the root, but the root thee.
Page 116 - And they also, if they abide not still in unbelief, shall be grafted in: for God is able to graft them in again.
Page 38 - To bear all smooth and even, This sudden sending him away must seem Deliberate pause; diseases desperate grown By desperate appliance are relieved, Or not at all.
Page 395 - Index Kewensis: an enumeration of the genera and species of flowering plants from the time of Linnaeus to the year 1885 inclusive, together with their authors' names, the works in which they were first published, their native countries, and their synonyms.
Page 95 - It shall be the duty of the county board of horticultural commissioners in each county, whenever it shall deem it necessary, to cause an inspection to be made of any orchards, or nursery, or trees, plants, vegetables, vines, or fruits, or any fruitpacking house, storeroom, salesroom, or any other place or articles in their jurisdiction, and if found...
Page 117 - For if thou wert cut out of the olive tree which is wild by nature, and wert grafted contrary to nature into a good olive tree ; how much more shall these, which be the natural branches, be grafted into their own olive tree...
Page 39 - Th' autumnal bulb, till pale, declining days ? The GOD of SEASONS ; whose pervading power Controls the sun, or sheds the fleecy shower : He bids each flower His quickening word obey, Or to each lingering bloom enjoins delay.
Page 36 - The friends thou hast, and their adoption tried, Grapple them to thy soul with hoops of steel, But do not dull thy palm with entertainment Of each new-hatch'd, unfledged comrade.
Page 407 - List of Pteridophyta and Spermatophyta growing without cultivation in northeastern North America, prepared by a Committee of the Botanical Club, American Association for the Advancement of Science.
Page 169 - He who makes two blades of grass grow where one grew before is the benefactor of mankind ; but he who obscurely worked to find the laws of such growth is the intellectual superior as well as the greater benefactor of the two.