Populars flowers [ed. by R. Tyas] 3 ser1854 |
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... taken off at a joint , and being set in a pot of sand , the pot is plunged in a bark bed , and the cuttings are covered with a hand - glass . In propagating the smaller sorts , younger cuttings are taken , and in like manner placed ...
... taken off at a joint , and being set in a pot of sand , the pot is plunged in a bark bed , and the cuttings are covered with a hand - glass . In propagating the smaller sorts , younger cuttings are taken , and in like manner placed ...
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... taken there is great difference in their capability of forming roots . From some plants young shoots half - ripened , that is , which are neither too tender nor too much hardened , require to be selected . Of this sort are African ...
... taken there is great difference in their capability of forming roots . From some plants young shoots half - ripened , that is , which are neither too tender nor too much hardened , require to be selected . Of this sort are African ...
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... taken , which part forms the base of the cutting . There are two technical terms used by propagators , which it may be well here to define accurately , namely , ripened and unripened wood . Ripened wood is known by its woody firmness ...
... taken , which part forms the base of the cutting . There are two technical terms used by propagators , which it may be well here to define accurately , namely , ripened and unripened wood . Ripened wood is known by its woody firmness ...
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... taken to avoid a fracture or splitting the bark . Thus made ready , dibble the cut- tings carefully into the sand , and not too thickly together , after which water them , to settle and consoli- date the sand . When the moisture is ...
... taken to avoid a fracture or splitting the bark . Thus made ready , dibble the cut- tings carefully into the sand , and not too thickly together , after which water them , to settle and consoli- date the sand . When the moisture is ...
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... taken off in the young wood and planted in sand , under a bell - glass , and the pot then plunged in a little bottom heat , there are yet some sorts which will not readily root from cuttings . These kinds are to be increased by ...
... taken off in the young wood and planted in sand , under a bell - glass , and the pot then plunged in a little bottom heat , there are yet some sorts which will not readily root from cuttings . These kinds are to be increased by ...
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abundant Acacia ACHIMENES admiration ample drainage Anemone Anemone Japonica Antirrhinum autumn Azalea bear beauty bell-glass bloom blossoms border bottom branches bright buds bulbs CAMPANULA PYRAMIDALIS Christmas cold frame Collodion colour compost covered cow-dung Crocus cultivation Cuttings planted damp early Epacris favourable feet filled flower-buds flowers foliage formed frost garden genus Gladiolus graft greenhouse grow grown growth habit hardy heat Heaths herbaceous Hoya bella hybrids inches layer leaf-mould leaves light loam longiflora manure moist moisture months Natalensis native Number of Cuttings pale pans placed pots Primrose procure propagated quantity removed render repotted require Rhododendron Rhododendron arboreum rich ripening roots sandy peat scion season seedlings seeds shaded shifted shoots shrub silver sand soil soon sown species spring stems stove sufficient summer supply of water surface taken thrive tion treatment tube tubers varieties violet winter wood Wood Anemone yellow young plants
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Página 3 - Weak with nice sense the chaste Mimosa stands, From each rude touch withdraws her timid hands; Oft as light clouds o'erpass the summer glade...
Página v - Time's never-ceasing flight, and tell us truths divine. You, as the changing Seasons roll along, Still wait on each, and added beauties lend:— Around the smiling Spring a lovely throng With eager rivalry her steps attend ; Others with Summer's brighter glories blend; Some grace mild Autumn's more majestic mien; While some few lingering blooms the brow befriend Of hoary Winter, and with grace serene Inwreath the King of storms with Mercy's gentler sheen.
Página 2 - In solitude ; — Like patience, thou Art quiet in thy earth, Instructing Hope that Virtue's birth Is Feeling's vow. Thy fancied bride! — The delicate Snow-drop, keeps Her home with thee; she wakes and sleeps Near thy true side. Will man but hear ! A simple flower can tell What beauties in his mind should dwell Through Passion's sphere.
Página 1 - Th' autumnal bulb, till pale, declining days ? The GOD of SEASONS ; whose pervading power Controls the sun, or sheds the fleecy shower : He bids each flower His quick'ning word obey; Or to each lingering bloom enjoins delay.
Página 6 - No word the old man utters, — His earnest eyes grow dim ; One spot beyond the salt sea Is present now to him. There blooms the earliest primrose, His father's grave hard by ; There lieth all his kindred, There he shall never lie. The living mass moves onward, The Lady and her train ; They press upon her path still, To look and look again. Yet on she moves securely, No guards are needed there ; Of her they hem so closely They would not harm a hair. Be blessings on that Lady ! Be blessings on that...