 | Bernard M'Mahon - 1806 - 686 sider
...loamy earth, taken from the surface of a rich pasture ground, turf and all, and not more than four or five inches deep. One third, or a little more, of...should be gathered into a round conical heap, to drain and become dry, and when sufficiently so, and wanted for use, pass it through a coarse screen or sieve,... | |
 | James McPhail - 1807 - 636 sider
...melons ; one third fresh, sound, loamy earth ; one sixth coarse sea or river sand; these are to be mixed together in autumn, laid in a heap, about two...exposure, and turned three or four times during winter. When the plants are about to be potted, run the mould through a coarse sieve, then put some of it into... | |
 | William Prince - 1828 - 218 sider
...third fresh sound loamy earth, and one sixth of coarse sea or river sand : these ingredients are to be mixed together in autumn, laid in a heap about two...open exposure, and turned three or four times during the winter. DIRECTIONS FOK TUB Culture of Bulbous and Tuberous Flower ' . Roots. Situation. — A southern... | |
 | Henry Phillips - 1829 - 442 sider
...one-third fresh sound loamy earth, one-sixth coarse sea or river sand. These ingredients are to be mixed together in autumn, laid in a heap about two...exposure, and turned three or four times during winter; or, otherwise, the dung alone, after being used as a hotbed, may be thrown together in a heap, in a... | |
 | Flower, fruit and kitchen garden - 1853 - 400 sider
...sound loamy earth, one-sixth coarse sea or river sand ; these ingredients are to be mixed together iu autumn, laid in a heap about two feet thick in an open exposure, and turned two or three times during winter ; or otherwise, the dung alone, after being used as a hothed, may... | |
 | Charles McIntosh - 1856 - 1024 sider
...&c. ; one-thin! sound loamy earth; one-sixth coarse sea or river sand. These ingredients are to be mixed together in autumn, laid in a heap about two feet thick, in an open exposure, and turned two or three times during winter ; or otherwise, the dung alone, after being used as a hot-bed, may... | |
 | 1857 - 792 sider
...one-third fresh, sound, loamy earth; and one-sixth coarse sea or rive r sand. These ingredients are to be mixed together in autumn, laid in a heap, about two...open exposure, and turned three or four times during the winter ; or otherwise the dung alone, after being used as a hot-bed, may be thrown together in... | |
 | 1869 - 418 sider
...or a little more of old horse-dung, such as has been a year previously used for hot-beds ; one-sixth coarse sea or river sand. " These ingredients ought...exposure, and turned three or four times during winter (if you can), so that all parts may be well incorporated, and have the benefit of the frosts. Early... | |
 | Mrs George W M Reynolds - 1871 - 484 sider
...hot-bed; one-third, fresh, sound, loamy earth ; one-sixth, coarse вeа or river sand ; these are to be mixed together in autumn, laid in a heap, about two...open exposure, and turned three or four times during the winter. When the plants are about to be potted, run the above composition through a coarse sieve,... | |
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... may be thrown together in a heap, in a conical form, in order to rot more perfectly ; and, as its surface freezes in winter, it should be pared off, and laid on one side, till the whole mass has been... 