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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... purple . Celosia cristata , Coxcomb , two varieties , red and yellow . Centaurea americana , American Sultan . suaveolens , yellow sweet Sultan . Clarkia elegans , elegant rose - coloured Clarkia . pulchella , showy purple Clarkia ...
... purple . Celosia cristata , Coxcomb , two varieties , red and yellow . Centaurea americana , American Sultan . suaveolens , yellow sweet Sultan . Clarkia elegans , elegant rose - coloured Clarkia . pulchella , showy purple Clarkia ...
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... purple to pure white , blooming from June till frost ; the seeds are small and require to be very lightly covered . Portulaca grandiflora , great flowered Purslane . Gilesii , rosy purple flowered Purslane . Salpiglossus picta ...
... purple to pure white , blooming from June till frost ; the seeds are small and require to be very lightly covered . Portulaca grandiflora , great flowered Purslane . Gilesii , rosy purple flowered Purslane . Salpiglossus picta ...
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... purple lilac . sabiniana . Vinca rosea , Madagascar Periwinkle . alba , white flowered Peri- winkle . Zennia elegans , splendid Zennia . of pretty and profuse flower- ing plants gene- rally of a pro- cumbent habit . Thrive best in a ...
... purple lilac . sabiniana . Vinca rosea , Madagascar Periwinkle . alba , white flowered Peri- winkle . Zennia elegans , splendid Zennia . of pretty and profuse flower- ing plants gene- rally of a pro- cumbent habit . Thrive best in a ...
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... purple Candytuft . violacea , violet Candytuft . odorata , white sweet - scented Candytuft . splendens , large purple , sweet - scented Candytuft . Ipomoea quamoclit , cypress vine , the seed will grow freely , if soaked two or three ...
... purple Candytuft . violacea , violet Candytuft . odorata , white sweet - scented Candytuft . splendens , large purple , sweet - scented Candytuft . Ipomoea quamoclit , cypress vine , the seed will grow freely , if soaked two or three ...
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... purple Fox glove . alba , white Fox glove . lutea , yellow Fox glove . Dianthus barbatus , Sweet William pink . coccineus crimson pink . fl . pl . double flowered ; the double sorts can be propagated by laying , same as carnations ...
... purple Fox glove . alba , white Fox glove . lutea , yellow Fox glove . Dianthus barbatus , Sweet William pink . coccineus crimson pink . fl . pl . double flowered ; the double sorts can be propagated by laying , same as carnations ...
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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...