The Window GardenerShepard and Gill, 1873 - 134 páginas |
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... easily prevented ; by regular waterings , the for- mer . Particulars of treatment for different plants will be given when treating of each plant . Never allow water to stand in the saucers of the pots unless the plants are semi ...
... easily prevented ; by regular waterings , the for- mer . Particulars of treatment for different plants will be given when treating of each plant . Never allow water to stand in the saucers of the pots unless the plants are semi ...
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... easily ascertained by turning the pot down , striking the rim gently against some object by a quick rap , holding the ball of earth and the plant on the palm of the other hand . The plant may thus be taken from the pot and examined ...
... easily ascertained by turning the pot down , striking the rim gently against some object by a quick rap , holding the ball of earth and the plant on the palm of the other hand . The plant may thus be taken from the pot and examined ...
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... easily be obtained . Pruning should be done after blooming , just as the plants begin their growth . Not more than one flower bud should be allowed on each terminal shoot , if size and perfection of flower are required ; remove all ...
... easily be obtained . Pruning should be done after blooming , just as the plants begin their growth . Not more than one flower bud should be allowed on each terminal shoot , if size and perfection of flower are required ; remove all ...
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... easily be procured of any nurseryman . In buying plants , select those of shrubby form , dark green foliage , without any places where leaves have been dropped ; look well to see that the plant is free from scale , red spider , or mealy ...
... easily be procured of any nurseryman . In buying plants , select those of shrubby form , dark green foliage , without any places where leaves have been dropped ; look well to see that the plant is free from scale , red spider , or mealy ...
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... easily grown .. Their treatment is almost identical with that required for the camellia : the same soil , the same temperature , and the same general treatment will produce success in the culture of both . But they are by no means so ...
... easily grown .. Their treatment is almost identical with that required for the camellia : the same soil , the same temperature , and the same general treatment will produce success in the culture of both . But they are by no means so ...
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alba allow Azalea beauty bloom blossoms blush branches bright buds camellia carnation CENTURY PLANT China rose color common rose corolla crimson cultivation cuttings Daphne dark double drainage easily grown evergreen favorite fern florists foliage fragrant freely frost Fuchsia geraniums Give plenty green fly green-house grow grower growth hardy heat heaths inch Indica injury insects Keep the plant layer leaf mould leaves LEMON VERBENA LINARIA CYMBALARIA loam majus manure Nasturtium native never odorata orange ornamental parlor culture peat PELARGONIUM picotee pink PLANTS FOR WINDOW plenty of light pretty produced profusion propagated proper soil Pruning purple re-pot red spider rich loam roots rosy sand scarlet season seed seedlings sepals shades shoots showy shrub smilax soil species spring STEVIA summer syringing tea rose temperature thrive treatment trellis TROPÆOLUM variegated verbena Wardian white flowers window culture window gardening window plant winter young plants
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Página 14 - One thing I warn thee: bow no knee to gold; Less innocent it makes the guileless tongue, It turns the feelings prematurely old; And they who keep their best affections young, Best love the Beautiful!
Página 90 - Bring flowers to the shrine where we kneel in prayer, They are nature's offering, their place is there ! They speak of hope to the fainting heart, With a voice of promise they come and part, They sleep in dust through the wintry hours, They break forth in glory — bring flowers, bright flowers ! THE CRUSADER'S RETURN. ALAS ! the mother that him bare, If she had been in presence there, In his wan cheeks and sunburnt hair, She had not known her child.
Página 40 - C. hedera folium, very large, rosy purple, a splendid variety. All these bloom from October to January. Bright gems of earth, In which perchance we see What Eden was, what Paradise may be.
Página 55 - The qualities of a first-class verbena, as laid down by florists, are : roundness of flower, without indenture, notch, or serrature ; petals thick, flat, bright and smooth ; the plant should be compact, with short, strong joints, either distinctly of a shrubby habit, or a close, ground creeper or climber ; the trusses of bloom, compact, standing out from the foliage, the flowers meeting, but not crowding each other; the foliage should be short, broad, bright, and enough to hide the stalk ; in the...
Página 83 - When the shoots round each plant have made five or six joints, or pairs of leaves, choose a dull, cloudy day on which to perform the work, or if the plants are in pots, under an elevated awning, they may be layered in any weather. Commence by trimming off the leaves from the bottom of a shoot, leaving the two uppermost on and entire. Trim off the lower leaves on every shoot before layering one, because when a layer is tongued it is easily broken off. When this is done, take hold of the shoot, turn...
Página 78 - Soil for Culture in Pots. Get the turf from an upland pasture ; take off about three inches thick, and keep it in a heap for a year, to cause the grass roots to decay and mellow the soil ; chop it, and turn it over four or five times during the year ; it will be in finer condition for use. During this, the...