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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... has a lively and interesting effect ; but now the refined taste says these vagaries are too fantastic , and entirely out of place . A late writer says of Dutch gar- 1 dening , that it " is rectangular formality : 2 THE ...
... has a lively and interesting effect ; but now the refined taste says these vagaries are too fantastic , and entirely out of place . A late writer says of Dutch gar- 1 dening , that it " is rectangular formality : 2 THE ...
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... entirely neglected in all our floral decorations .. With many , the arrangement of a flower garden is rather a matter for the exercise of fancy , than one calling for the application of refined taste : true , it may be said there is no ...
... entirely neglected in all our floral decorations .. With many , the arrangement of a flower garden is rather a matter for the exercise of fancy , than one calling for the application of refined taste : true , it may be said there is no ...
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... entirely gone , uncover all plants or shrubs that have been protected , preserving carefully such of the materials as will answer the same purpose next season . Cut off all decayed shoots , or such as have been hurt by the frost . The ...
... entirely gone , uncover all plants or shrubs that have been protected , preserving carefully such of the materials as will answer the same purpose next season . Cut off all decayed shoots , or such as have been hurt by the frost . The ...
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... entirely to this continent , and possesses many fine species . It is a matter of astonish- ment that they are not more cultivated and sought for in our collections . C. glúbra ; C. obliqua ; C. barbùta ; C. atropur- pùrea ; C. pulchella ...
... entirely to this continent , and possesses many fine species . It is a matter of astonish- ment that they are not more cultivated and sought for in our collections . C. glúbra ; C. obliqua ; C. barbùta ; C. atropur- pùrea ; C. pulchella ...
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... entirely neglected . By rejecting these and many others , our Flower - gardens are deprived both of much beauty and interest they might easily possess . The herbaceous plants delight in light rich soil . E. odorùta , sweet - scented ; E ...
... entirely neglected . By rejecting these and many others , our Flower - gardens are deprived both of much beauty and interest they might easily possess . The herbaceous plants delight in light rich soil . E. odorùta , sweet - scented ; E ...
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appearance beautiful begin to grow bipinnated bloom blue blush bright buds bulbs Camellias centre Chasselas closely set collections colour corolla covered crimson cultivated dark deciduous double flower Drain the pots dwarf earth easy culture esteemed evergreen feet finest flowering plants foliage four inches fragrance frequently frost fruit genus give glass globular graft grandiflora green green-house ground grow freely growth habit half hardy heat herbaceous hot-house imbricated inches inches in diameter insect keep lanceolate last month light lilac Magnificent manure Noisette observed ovate pale panicles perfect perfectly double petals pink plants produce pruning pure white purple repotted require rich rieties roots rose sashes scarlet scarlet flowers season seed shade showy shrubs situation Soil species spikes spotted stamens stem striped strong summer superb sweet-scented syringing three inches tion tree umbels varieties vine weather white flowers winter wood yellow young shoots
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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...