The American Flower Garden Directory: Containing Practical Directions for the Culture of Plants in the Flower Garden, Hot-house, Garden-house, Rooms, Or Parlour Windows, for Every Month in the Year ... Instructions for Erecting a Hot-house, Green-house, and Laying Out a Flower Garden. Also, Table of Soils Most Congenial to the Plants Contained in the Work. The Whole Adapted to Either Large Or Small Gardens, with Instructions for Preparing the Soil, Propagating, Planting, Pruning, Training, and Fruiting the Grape Vine. With Descriptions of the Best Sorts for Cultivating in the Open Air |
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... decayed leaves , old tan , or soil , whichever is most convenient ; if not done , the sun and air will overpower the bulbs , and although the fibres have hold of the ground , the flowers will be miserably weak . MARCH . As soon as the ...
... decayed leaves , old tan , or soil , whichever is most convenient ; if not done , the sun and air will overpower the bulbs , and although the fibres have hold of the ground , the flowers will be miserably weak . MARCH . As soon as the ...
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... decayed leaves . The flowers are about six inches in diameter , flowering up the stem , either solitary or in small bunches . H. speciosus is the most splendid , and deserves a situation in every garden . The roots in winter ought to be ...
... decayed leaves . The flowers are about six inches in diameter , flowering up the stem , either solitary or in small bunches . H. speciosus is the most splendid , and deserves a situation in every garden . The roots in winter ought to be ...
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... decayed leaves , be cleared from the beds of such as were directed to be covered in November ; afterwards carefully stirring the surface among them with a kind of wooden spatula , or wedge , breaking the surface fine ; then dress all ...
... decayed leaves , be cleared from the beds of such as were directed to be covered in November ; afterwards carefully stirring the surface among them with a kind of wooden spatula , or wedge , breaking the surface fine ; then dress all ...
Page 50
... decayed , cut them off , with any other decayed leaves : the pots must be well drained with shivers or fine gravel . Give them plenty of air , other- wise they will be weak in growth . Primroses and Daisies may be planted out in shady ...
... decayed , cut them off , with any other decayed leaves : the pots must be well drained with shivers or fine gravel . Give them plenty of air , other- wise they will be weak in growth . Primroses and Daisies may be planted out in shady ...
Page 100
... decayed leaves , never exposing them to the sun . They are very hardy , and where required may be planted in very shady situations , for they will suffer more from the influence of the sun's rays than from frost . Those plants in pots ...
... decayed leaves , never exposing them to the sun . They are very hardy , and where required may be planted in very shady situations , for they will suffer more from the influence of the sun's rays than from frost . Those plants in pots ...
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Page 294 - There is also a long low table covered with mats, on which the leaves are laid, and rolled by workmen, who sit round it: the iron pan being heated to a certain degree by a little fire made in the furnace underneath, a few pounds of the...
Page 173 - ... species, which should be repotted once in two years, and never be allowed to shrink for want of moisture. The operation of grafting is very simple, merely requiring an incision to be made, and fitting in it a fresh cutting of another kind, holding the cutting stationary in the incision half a minute, till the juices of the two adhere together, when it may be said the union is effected, and, in a few weeks, the new branches will grow freely. We have seen the Mamrr.illaria tribe growing neatly...