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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Page 20
... evergreens planted by themselves , as is fre- quently done , a regular and natural arrangement is indispen- sable for establishing ornament . Arranging , no doubt , depends very much on fancy ; still , there ought always to be plenty of ...
... evergreens planted by themselves , as is fre- quently done , a regular and natural arrangement is indispen- sable for establishing ornament . Arranging , no doubt , depends very much on fancy ; still , there ought always to be plenty of ...
Page 22
... evergreens that have suffered by the severity of the winter , but leave every green part which is essential to the support of these kind of plants . It is expected that all pruning of the shrubbery is finished ; if not , get all expedi ...
... evergreens that have suffered by the severity of the winter , but leave every green part which is essential to the support of these kind of plants . It is expected that all pruning of the shrubbery is finished ; if not , get all expedi ...
Page 36
... evergreen plant . Chelone . This genus belongs 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 ...
... evergreen plant . Chelone . This genus belongs 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 ...
Page 46
... evergreen ; the plant increases rapidly , and in a few years may be planted to a great extent . S. speciosa has red flow- ers , crowded in spreading panicles . S. tatùrica has also very showy flowers , and is now given to the genus ...
... evergreen ; the plant increases rapidly , and in a few years may be planted to a great extent . S. speciosa has red flow- ers , crowded in spreading panicles . S. tatùrica has also very showy flowers , and is now given to the genus ...
Page 83
... they rich- ly display both flowers and foliage , and even retain their foliage during winter , and are evergreens for screening dis- agreeable objects or covering arbours . The best of the April . ] 83 CLIMBING ROSES , & c .
... they rich- ly display both flowers and foliage , and even retain their foliage during winter , and are evergreens for screening dis- agreeable objects or covering arbours . The best of the April . ] 83 CLIMBING ROSES , & c .
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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...