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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... weather may be . The severest frosts generally are yet to come , and too frequently what is done now in this operation has to be repeated in the spring , causing , at that time , work to a disadvantage ; because , if pruning , when done ...
... weather may be . The severest frosts generally are yet to come , and too frequently what is done now in this operation has to be repeated in the spring , causing , at that time , work to a disadvantage ; because , if pruning , when done ...
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... weather is open about the end of the month , the pruning should be done with the utmost despatch , that all may be prepared for a general dressing next month , and let nothing be delayed which can now properly be ac- complished , under ...
... weather is open about the end of the month , the pruning should be done with the utmost despatch , that all may be prepared for a general dressing next month , and let nothing be delayed which can now properly be ac- complished , under ...
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... weather permit , be dressed and pruned forthwith . In small gardens , where these are generally attached to the walls and fences , neatness should be a very particular object . If any of such bushes have got strong and irregular , the ...
... weather permit , be dressed and pruned forthwith . In small gardens , where these are generally attached to the walls and fences , neatness should be a very particular object . If any of such bushes have got strong and irregular , the ...
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... weather ; or , if they are planted in masses at a distance , they soon become agreeable objects , frequently very much improve the scenery of the place , become objects of utility as well as ornament , and , in such case , afford the ...
... weather ; or , if they are planted in masses at a distance , they soon become agreeable objects , frequently very much improve the scenery of the place , become objects of utility as well as ornament , and , in such case , afford the ...
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... weather . According to directions in November , the ground will be well prepared , and only re- quires a hole dug for the reception of the roots , which must be considerably larger , that the roots may not be in the least confined ...
... weather . According to directions in November , the ground will be well prepared , and only re- quires a hole dug for the reception of the roots , which must be considerably larger , that the roots may not be in the least confined ...
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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...