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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... four to ten feet is generally adopted ; and , to have these dry and permanent , those that are to be much used should have six to eight inches of the bottom soil dug out in a concave manner , and in the centre of the concave dig out a ...
... four to ten feet is generally adopted ; and , to have these dry and permanent , those that are to be much used should have six to eight inches of the bottom soil dug out in a concave manner , and in the centre of the concave dig out a ...
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... inches thick , and well put together ; the sash should be from five to seven feet long , and from three to four feet wide , and filled with six by eight glass . In the framing ground should be kept the various soils required for plants ...
... inches thick , and well put together ; the sash should be from five to seven feet long , and from three to four feet wide , and filled with six by eight glass . In the framing ground should be kept the various soils required for plants ...
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... inches from the wood of the former year , the young shoots of the coming season will produce the largest and finest ... four inches of the ground . It will throw out plenty of fine young wood , which give 3 Feb. 17 OF PRUNING , & c ...
... inches from the wood of the former year , the young shoots of the coming season will produce the largest and finest ... four inches of the ground . It will throw out plenty of fine young wood , which give 3 Feb. 17 OF PRUNING , & c ...
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... inches of the surface , thereby renovating it , and , in part , preserving the flowers . Those that are cut down ... four to six feet , they ought never to exceed four feet at the back of the border , and in front one foot , after being ...
... inches of the surface , thereby renovating it , and , in part , preserving the flowers . Those that are cut down ... four to six feet , they ought never to exceed four feet at the back of the border , and in front one foot , after being ...
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... four feet high . Shake and mix up both together in a compact conical heap , in order to encourage fermentation . If ... inches each way larger than the frame : at the corners , place a stick or rod perpendicularly . The ground ought to ...
... four feet high . Shake and mix up both together in a compact conical heap , in order to encourage fermentation . If ... inches each way larger than the frame : at the corners , place a stick or rod perpendicularly . The ground ought to ...
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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...