Handy book of the flower-gardenW. Blackwood, 1868 - 364 sider |
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... inches long - some of the strongest growers even more than that . In selecting and making them , every care should be taken not to bruise them ; for if the stems are bruised , they are more subject to damp off . In making them , cut the ...
... inches long - some of the strongest growers even more than that . In selecting and making them , every care should be taken not to bruise them ; for if the stems are bruised , they are more subject to damp off . In making them , cut the ...
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... inches of light soil , and the cuttings dibbled in according to their sorts ; they may remain undisturbed till spring . In this way less trouble and labour are needed than by any other : few places , however , can so accommodate them ...
... inches of light soil , and the cuttings dibbled in according to their sorts ; they may remain undisturbed till spring . In this way less trouble and labour are needed than by any other : few places , however , can so accommodate them ...
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... inch pots over either large pans or boxes . The pots are thoroughly cleansed outside and inside . They are drained with 2 inches of rather finely - broken crocks , over which is placed a layer of rough dry mushroom dung about an inch ...
... inch pots over either large pans or boxes . The pots are thoroughly cleansed outside and inside . They are drained with 2 inches of rather finely - broken crocks , over which is placed a layer of rough dry mushroom dung about an inch ...
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... inches , as is so frequently the case . Strong firm cuttings not only root more speedily , and with scarcely a ... inch pots instead of wooden boxes . The pots should be well drained and filled up with a compost consisting of loam , leaf ...
... inches , as is so frequently the case . Strong firm cuttings not only root more speedily , and with scarcely a ... inch pots instead of wooden boxes . The pots should be well drained and filled up with a compost consisting of loam , leaf ...
Side 50
... inch pots are decidedly preferable , when there is not convenience to pot each plant singly in smaller pots . Whether pots or boxes be used , the treatment re- quired is much the same . The soil used should be light and moderately rich ...
... inch pots are decidedly preferable , when there is not convenience to pot each plant singly in smaller pots . Whether pots or boxes be used , the treatment re- quired is much the same . The soil used should be light and moderately rich ...
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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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