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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... prevent the propagation of the required number of Pelargoniums at so early a period as I have recom- mended as the ... prevented by fire - heat and air - giving during dull weather , with a temperature of about 60 ° at night . Cuttings ...
... prevent the propagation of the required number of Pelargoniums at so early a period as I have recom- mended as the ... prevented by fire - heat and air - giving during dull weather , with a temperature of about 60 ° at night . Cuttings ...
Side 34
... prevent drying the soil than anything else . Keep the soil mode- rately moist , and in three weeks they will be ready to pot off . In potting them , care is required in turning them out of the pots , so as not to injure the young roots ...
... prevent drying the soil than anything else . Keep the soil mode- rately moist , and in three weeks they will be ready to pot off . In potting them , care is required in turning them out of the pots , so as not to injure the young roots ...
Side 39
... the cuttings . The only object in putting glass over them at all is to prevent them from getting rain when they are sufficiently moist without it , and to keep them from the influence of night dews . Except for this , they would be quite.
... the cuttings . The only object in putting glass over them at all is to prevent them from getting rain when they are sufficiently moist without it , and to keep them from the influence of night dews . Except for this , they would be quite.
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... prevent their drooping , and after that date I have known them go for two months without a drop of water . Every decaying leaf should be removed as it appears ; and , managed in this way , the percentage of loss is trifling compared to ...
... prevent their drooping , and after that date I have known them go for two months without a drop of water . Every decaying leaf should be removed as it appears ; and , managed in this way , the percentage of loss is trifling compared to ...
Side 48
... prevent the water from being spilt , and in the dead of winter it is a good plan to pour a little water into the saucers to rise by capillary attrac- tion to the soil and roots . This prevents damp about the stems and leaves near the ...
... prevent the water from being spilt , and in the dead of winter it is a good plan to pour a little water into the saucers to rise by capillary attrac- tion to the soil and roots . This prevents damp about the stems and leaves near the ...
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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 |
Handy Book of the Flower-garden: Being Practical Directions for the ... David Thomson Uten tilgangsbegrensning - 1871 |
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Alyssum annuals April Arabis Aubrietia autumn banded beautiful bloom blue Lobelia Blue Pansy bulbs Calceolaria Canna 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 frost 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 Perilla pink pots Primula vulgaris propagation Purple King purple Pansy recommended red Daisy require Rhododendron 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 violet winter yellow Pansy Yucca aloifolia
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