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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... earth , which will answer the purpose of more solid erections , and will make the stones go farther : rocks of the same kind and colour should be placed together , and the greatest possible variety of character , size , and form ...
... earth , which will answer the purpose of more solid erections , and will make the stones go farther : rocks of the same kind and colour should be placed together , and the greatest possible variety of character , size , and form ...
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... earth well at bottom , put in as much as will receive the plant from one to two inches ( according to its size ) lower than it has previously been in the Nursery . If any of the roots are bruised or broken , cut them off ; then place ...
... earth well at bottom , put in as much as will receive the plant from one to two inches ( according to its size ) lower than it has previously been in the Nursery . If any of the roots are bruised or broken , cut them off ; then place ...
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... earth as you proceed , and tread it firm , then rake the surface even , and with the spade beat it smooth . If the weather sets in very dry , the box will be the better of a few waterings . March . ] 31 BOX EDGINGS .
... earth as you proceed , and tread it firm , then rake the surface even , and with the spade beat it smooth . If the weather sets in very dry , the box will be the better of a few waterings . March . ] 31 BOX EDGINGS .
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... earth may adhere to them ; and , if sown where they are to stand , leave only three or four plants in each patch . The following list are a few of the free - blooming and more elegant sorts : Agrostema coronaria , Rose Campion , blooms ...
... earth may adhere to them ; and , if sown where they are to stand , leave only three or four plants in each patch . The following list are a few of the free - blooming and more elegant sorts : Agrostema coronaria , Rose Campion , blooms ...
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... earth they were in . Two or three stems toge- ther are quite sufficient . The flowers , by the above treat- ment , will be much larger , more double , and finer in colour : where they are wanted to grow low and bushy , top them in June ...
... earth they were in . Two or three stems toge- ther are quite sufficient . The flowers , by the above treat- ment , will be much larger , more double , and finer in colour : where they are wanted to grow low and bushy , top them in June ...
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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...