Handy-Book of the Flower-Garden, being practical directions for the propagation, culture, and arrangement of plants in flower-gardens all the year round. [With illustrations.]W. Blackwood and sons, 1868 - 364 sider |
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... glass , which is adverse to physical well - being . It is true that in the departments of culinary vege- tables and fruits the important element of utility is of first importance ; but even they are not without their pleasures of a ...
... glass , which is adverse to physical well - being . It is true that in the departments of culinary vege- tables and fruits the important element of utility is of first importance ; but even they are not without their pleasures of a ...
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... glass , all the better ; but glass is not necessary for any other purpose in striking them . In about three weeks they will be well rooted , and commencing to grow . All the blooms , and the very point of each cutting , should be picked ...
... glass , all the better ; but glass is not necessary for any other purpose in striking them . In about three weeks they will be well rooted , and commencing to grow . All the blooms , and the very point of each cutting , should be picked ...
Side 29
... glass , it is a good plan to put the cuttings at once into pits where there are hot - water pipes , to preserve from frost . In this way neither boxes nor pots need be used , the body of the pit being prepared with 5 or 6 inches of ...
... glass , it is a good plan to put the cuttings at once into pits where there are hot - water pipes , to preserve from frost . In this way neither boxes nor pots need be used , the body of the pit being prepared with 5 or 6 inches of ...
Side 30
... glass as soon as they are put in the cutting- boxes . A light , airy , dry house or pit , avoiding a cold , damp bottom , is the best for them at that date . When propagation is delayed till October , they do not root with certainty or ...
... glass as soon as they are put in the cutting- boxes . A light , airy , dry house or pit , avoiding a cold , damp bottom , is the best for them at that date . When propagation is delayed till October , they do not root with certainty or ...
Side 32
... glass , and after they begin to root , as much air as can be admitted on all favourable occasions as the opening of the whole top and front sashes allows . By the middle of May the plants under this hardy treatment are strong and stocky ...
... glass , and after they begin to root , as much air as can be admitted on all favourable occasions as the opening of the whole top and front sashes allows . By the middle of May the plants under this hardy treatment are strong and stocky ...
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Handy-Book of the Flower-Garden, being practical directions for the ... David Thomson Uten tilgangsbegrensning - 1868 |
Handy Book of the Flower-garden: Being Practical Directions for the ... David Thomson Uten tilgangsbegrensning - 1868 |
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