Transactions and Proceedings: 1847-51The Society, 1896 - Gardening Includes list of members. |
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... Seed Bed . Passing now to the nursery department of the plant establishment , we find the seed bed is not exempt from fungous enemies . The leading trouble passes under the common name of " damping off , " which is a general expression ...
... Seed Bed . Passing now to the nursery department of the plant establishment , we find the seed bed is not exempt from fungous enemies . The leading trouble passes under the common name of " damping off , " which is a general expression ...
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... seed bed , killing all plants as it goes . Fungi of the Cutting Bench . Much of what has been said con- cerning the seed bed holds true of the cutting bench . Slips are portions of plants which are placed with one end in the moist sand ...
... seed bed , killing all plants as it goes . Fungi of the Cutting Bench . Much of what has been said con- cerning the seed bed holds true of the cutting bench . Slips are portions of plants which are placed with one end in the moist sand ...
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... seed , or slips free from the disease ; second , to prevent the germs of decay from entering the healthy plants , and third , if they are present to check their growth as much as possible . Strong healthy seed is a very important ...
... seed , or slips free from the disease ; second , to prevent the germs of decay from entering the healthy plants , and third , if they are present to check their growth as much as possible . Strong healthy seed is a very important ...
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... seed they may properly be considered hardy . As a rule vines should not be trained in a formal manner . If you would have them exhibit their best graces they must be allowed to grow uncontrolled . All know the uses that vines are ...
... seed they may properly be considered hardy . As a rule vines should not be trained in a formal manner . If you would have them exhibit their best graces they must be allowed to grow uncontrolled . All know the uses that vines are ...
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... seed . The Upright type differs from all other tomatoes in its stiff and self - sustaining habit of growth , a character which belongs to Solanum rather than to Lycopersicum ; and this habit is so marked that persons unfamiliar with the ...
... seed . The Upright type differs from all other tomatoes in its stiff and self - sustaining habit of growth , a character which belongs to Solanum rather than to Lycopersicum ; and this habit is so marked that persons unfamiliar with the ...
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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.