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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... hardy orders , which do not exceed one hundred . Or , to have their natural cha- racters more assimilated , the Jussieuean system could be car- ried into effect by laying down a grass plat to any extent above one quarter of an acre ...
... hardy orders , which do not exceed one hundred . Or , to have their natural cha- racters more assimilated , the Jussieuean system could be car- ried into effect by laying down a grass plat to any extent above one quarter of an acre ...
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... hardy trees and some shrubs , that may be pruned and thinned out any time from the first of November to the first of March ; such as Cra- togus , Sorbus , Spirea , and even Althea , in the middle states ; ( the Double white Althea is ...
... hardy trees and some shrubs , that may be pruned and thinned out any time from the first of November to the first of March ; such as Cra- togus , Sorbus , Spirea , and even Althea , in the middle states ; ( the Double white Althea is ...
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... hardy shrubs , they may be freely pruned , and the points cut of such shoots as may have been damaged by the winter . Most of shrubs require nothing more than to be thinned of straggling , irregular , and injured branches , or of ...
... hardy shrubs , they may be freely pruned , and the points cut of such shoots as may have been damaged by the winter . Most of shrubs require nothing more than to be thinned of straggling , irregular , and injured branches , or of ...
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... hardy kinds ( termed garden roses ) that were not attended to in November , should , if the weather permit , be dressed and pruned forthwith . In small gardens , where these are generally attached to the walls and fences , neatness ...
... hardy kinds ( termed garden roses ) that were not attended to in November , should , if the weather permit , be dressed and pruned forthwith . In small gardens , where these are generally attached to the walls and fences , neatness ...
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... hardy annuals . After sowing , if the weather be clear , the sun acting on the glass , will produce a too rapid evaporation of the mois- ture of the soil , and may otherwise affect seeds but thinly covered , which must be guarded ...
... hardy annuals . After sowing , if the weather be clear , the sun acting on the glass , will produce a too rapid evaporation of the mois- ture of the soil , and may otherwise affect seeds but thinly covered , which must be guarded ...
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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...