Handy Book of the Flower-garden...W. Blackwood, 1893 - 287 páginas |
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... Boxes 2 feet long , 14 foot wide , and 4 inches deep are excel- lent for striking in . In each box there should be nine auger- holes for drainage , and over each hole a single crock . Then prepare a compost , consisting of one part loam ...
... Boxes 2 feet long , 14 foot wide , and 4 inches deep are excel- lent for striking in . In each box there should be nine auger- holes for drainage , and over each hole a single crock . Then prepare a compost , consisting of one part loam ...
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... boxes such as I have described they occupy little space , and are easily moved when required . In large establishments where there is plenty of glass , it is a good plan to put the cuttings at once into pits where there are hot - water ...
... boxes such as I have described they occupy little space , and are easily moved when required . In large establishments where there is plenty of glass , it is a good plan to put the cuttings at once into pits where there are hot - water ...
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... box method , which is equally as suitable for the amateur , who only requires to strike and winter a few scores on a shelf in his greenhouse ; for the boxes can be of any dimensions to suit the position in which they are to be wintered ...
... box method , which is equally as suitable for the amateur , who only requires to strike and winter a few scores on a shelf in his greenhouse ; for the boxes can be of any dimensions to suit the position in which they are to be wintered ...
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... boxes with as little breakage to their roots as possible . To this end the soil should be rather dry , so that , after the box gets a sudden shake or two , the plants can be pulled out of it with their roots almost entire . In potting ...
... boxes with as little breakage to their roots as possible . To this end the soil should be rather dry , so that , after the box gets a sudden shake or two , the plants can be pulled out of it with their roots almost entire . In potting ...
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... boxes till planting - out time . For treating them in this way I prefer 8 - inch pots to boxes , as a greater proportion of the plants are at the outside of the small round detachments , and they are therefore not so liable to suffer ...
... boxes till planting - out time . For treating them in this way I prefer 8 - inch pots to boxes , as a greater proportion of the plants are at the outside of the small round detachments , and they are therefore not so liable to suffer ...
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9 inches Ageratum alba Alyssum annuals April Arabis Aubrietia aurea autumn banded beautiful bloom blue Lobelia bright bulbs Calceolaria Centaurea ragusina centre Cerastium Cerastium tomentosum Coleus colour contrast crimson Crocus Crown 8vo cuttings Dactylis glomerata Daisy dark double dwarf early easily Echeveria Edition effective evergreen feet feet-June flore-pleno flower-garden flowering plants foliage foot frost Gazania Gazania splendens golden Pelargonium green ground groundwork group of beds grow hardy harmony Hedera herbaceous Iresine Iresine Herbstii Iresine Lindenii japonica July June leaf-mould light lilac loam Lobelia Lobelia speciosa Madame manure mixed borders Narcissus Nemophila orange panel Pansy pendula Perilla Phlox pink pots Primula vulgaris propagation purple Viola Pyrethrum recommended require Rhododendron rich soil rockwork roots rose rows Scarlet Pelargonium season Sempervivum shaded shrubs Silene pendula sowing sown spring-flowering Stock suitable summer surface transplanted variegated Pelargonium variegatum variety Verbena Viola violet winter Yucca Yucca aloifolia
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