A Guide to The Outdoor and Kitchen Garden1831 |
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... growing upon a north wall there is a smaller formation of sugar than in the same variety growing on a south wall ; and it can be easily understood that the seed of that fruit which is itself least capable of forming saccharine ...
... growing upon a north wall there is a smaller formation of sugar than in the same variety growing on a south wall ; and it can be easily understood that the seed of that fruit which is itself least capable of forming saccharine ...
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... grow as a solitary indivi- dual , instead of as one of the community to which it originally belonged . Striking from Cuttings is a slight modification of the last method . Instead of taking a single bud , a stem containing two , three ...
... grow as a solitary indivi- dual , instead of as one of the community to which it originally belonged . Striking from Cuttings is a slight modification of the last method . Instead of taking a single bud , a stem containing two , three ...
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... grown into one : two Cucumbers accidentally placed side by side , or two Apples growing in contact with each other , form double Cucumbers or double Apples ; and most of the normal modifications of the leaves , floral envelopes , or ...
... grown into one : two Cucumbers accidentally placed side by side , or two Apples growing in contact with each other , form double Cucumbers or double Apples ; and most of the normal modifications of the leaves , floral envelopes , or ...
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... growing a plant in water and alternately preventing the action of the spongioles , when languor and a cessa- tion of vital action comes on , and preventing the action of the general surface of the roots , leaving the spongioles at ...
... growing a plant in water and alternately preventing the action of the spongioles , when languor and a cessa- tion of vital action comes on , and preventing the action of the general surface of the roots , leaving the spongioles at ...
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... growing again returns . Evaporation takes place in plants to an inconceivable degree in certain circumstances . It is known by the experiments of Dr. Hales , that a sunflower plant will lose as much as 1lb . 14oz . by perspiration in ...
... growing again returns . Evaporation takes place in plants to an inconceivable degree in certain circumstances . It is known by the experiments of Dr. Hales , that a sunflower plant will lose as much as 1lb . 14oz . by perspiration in ...
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Page 509 - OBSERVATIONS ON THE DISEASES, DEFECTS, AND INJURIES, | IN ALL KINDS OF FRUIT AND FOREST TREES." WITH AN ACCOUNT OF | A PARTICULAR METHOD OF CURE, | PUBLISHED BY ORDER OF GOVERNMENT.
Page 577 - ... sowing of seed for general crops until June or July. If a small quantity of each esteemed variety be sown two or three times in these months, they will produce a plentiful supply for use in autumn and the early part of winter. One ounce of good Endive-seed will produce about five thousand plants. When the plants...