 | Repertory of arts, manufactures and agriculture - 1807 - 528 pages
...swell; in this method, a ( succession of gatherings may be continued for the space of six weeks, pfter which period the plants should be uncovered, and their leaves suffered to gvow, that they may acquire and return nutriment to the root for the next year's buds, The flowers,... | |
 | Charles McIntosh - Gardening - 1828 - 626 pages
...l>uds, which are springing from the same root. A succession of gatherings may be continued for five or six weeks, after which period, the plants should be...suffered to grow, that they may acquire and return a sufficient quantity of nutriment to the roots for the next year's buds. The flowers, when the seeds... | |
 | Robert Kemp Philp - 408 pages
...which will immediately swell and grow, affording a succession of gatherings for about six weeks; then the plants should be uncovered and their leaves suffered to grow, that they may acquire* and supply nutriment to the roots, so as to emible the latter to produce next year's buds. The (lowers... | |
 | John Claudius Loudon - Gardening - 1849 - 788 pages
...amount of plants required for a plantation. A plantation will afford a succession of gatherings for six weeks, after which period the plants should be uncovered, and their leaves suffered to grow, in order to strengthen the roots for the succeeding year. If very large and succulent sea-kale is required,... | |
 | Flower, fruit and kitchen garden - 1853 - 400 pages
...buds which are springing from the same rook A succession of gatherings may be continued for five or six weeks, after which period the plants should be uncovered and their leaves suffered to grow, in order that they may acquire and return a sufficient quantity of nutriment to the roots for the next... | |
 | Gardening - 1861 - 170 pages
...swell and grow, affording a succession of gatherings for about six weeks ; then the plants should he uncovered and their leaves suffered to grow, that they may acquire and supply nutriment to the roots, so as to enabl the latter to produce next year's buds. The flowers should... | |
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... six weeks, after which period the plants should be uncovered, and their leaves suffered to grow, that they may acquire and return nutriment to the root for the next year's buds. The flowers, when seeds are not wanted, ought to be nipped off with the... 