Handy book of the flower-gardenW. Blackwood, 1868 - 364 sider |
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Side 28
... frost or drenching rains be apprehended , which time depends considerably on the climate of the locality . A good place to winter them is a dry pit , with sufficient amount of fire - heat to keep them safe from frost , and expel damp ...
... frost or drenching rains be apprehended , which time depends considerably on the climate of the locality . A good place to winter them is a dry pit , with sufficient amount of fire - heat to keep them safe from frost , and expel damp ...
Side 29
... frost . In this way neither boxes nor pots need be used , the body of the pit being prepared with 5 or 6 inches of light soil , and the cuttings dibbled in according to their sorts ; they may remain undisturbed till spring . In this way ...
... frost . In this way neither boxes nor pots need be used , the body of the pit being prepared with 5 or 6 inches of light soil , and the cuttings dibbled in according to their sorts ; they may remain undisturbed till spring . In this way ...
Side 32
... frost out . It is a very light house , and the floor of it holds 9000 plants in 3 - inch pots . Should the weather be dull and damp , watering should be delayed till a few days after they are potted - off . When watered they should get ...
... frost out . It is a very light house , and the floor of it holds 9000 plants in 3 - inch pots . Should the weather be dull and damp , watering should be delayed till a few days after they are potted - off . When watered they should get ...
Side 42
... frost is being excluded , but without heat sufficient for potting - off tender varieties early in spring , I would advise that the potting - off be accomplished in autumn , so that the plants may be well established before the dead of ...
... frost is being excluded , but without heat sufficient for potting - off tender varieties early in spring , I would advise that the potting - off be accomplished in autumn , so that the plants may be well established before the dead of ...
Side 47
... frost or heavy rains ; and in this case , if they can be sheltered from these , they are best left out till near the end of October . This will be better for them than placing them in a room , unless the trouble be taken to set them ...
... frost or heavy rains ; and in this case , if they can be sheltered from these , they are best left out till near the end of October . This will be better for them than placing them in a room , unless the trouble be taken to set them ...
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Alyssum annuals April Arabis Aubrietia autumn banded beautiful bloom blue Lobelia Blue Pansy bulbs Calceolaria Centaurea Centaurea Ragusina centre Cerastium tomentosum Chrysanthemum Sensation Coleus colour contrast Crimson King Crocus cuttings Dactylis glomerata double dwarf early easily edged with blue effective evergreen Fcap feet feet-June and July flore-pleno flower-garden flowering plants foliage foot-April frost garden Gazania Gazania splendens golden Pelargonium green ground ground-work group of beds grow hardy heat Hedera Iresine Herbstii Japonica June King Verbena Lastræa leaf-mould leaves light lilac loam Lobelia Lobelia speciosa manure mixed borders Narcissus orange panel pendula Perilla pink pots propagation Purple King purple Pansy recommended red Daisy require Rhododendrons rich soil rock-work roots rose rosy rows scarlet Pelargonium season shade shrubs Silene pendula silver variegated sowing sown spring spring-flowering Stock summer surface Tulip variegated Pelargonium variety Verbena Viola cornuta Viola lutea violet winter yellow Pansy Yucca aloifolia
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