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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... wood and water can be combined with the flower garden , and the prac- tical eye can dispose of an object to ... woods from the north - west and north . But to lay down directions for a flower gar- den is not a little difficult , seeing ...
... wood and water can be combined with the flower garden , and the prac- tical eye can dispose of an object to ... woods from the north - west and north . But to lay down directions for a flower gar- den is not a little difficult , seeing ...
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... wood of last year is cut to about two or three inches from the wood of the former year , the young shoots of the coming season will produce the largest and finest flowers , and likewise more profusely . When they have attained the ...
... wood of last year is cut to about two or three inches from the wood of the former year , the young shoots of the coming season will produce the largest and finest flowers , and likewise more profusely . When they have attained the ...
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... wood , which give room for , and train them straight , and to the full extent , during sum- These shoots will flower profusely the following sea- son , and in like manner , when thought proper , the other half can be cut . mer . Roses ...
... wood , which give room for , and train them straight , and to the full extent , during sum- These shoots will flower profusely the following sea- son , and in like manner , when thought proper , the other half can be cut . mer . Roses ...
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... wood of the previous year , at the same time , having regard to the regular and na- tural shape of the bush . Cut off the injured foliage of any of the evergreens that have suffered by the severity of the winter , but leave every green ...
... wood of the previous year , at the same time , having regard to the regular and na- tural shape of the bush . Cut off the injured foliage of any of the evergreens that have suffered by the severity of the winter , but leave every green ...
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... wooden spatula , or wedge , breaking the surface fine ; then dress all the alleys smooth and neat with the hoe and rake , clearing away every particle of litter . When the leaves of Tulips are expanding , they frequently become ...
... wooden spatula , or wedge , breaking the surface fine ; then dress all the alleys smooth and neat with the hoe and rake , clearing away every particle of litter . When the leaves of Tulips are expanding , they frequently become ...
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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...