Cottage Gardener and Country Gentleman's Companion, Volume 3Wm. S. Orr, 1850 - Gardening |
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... four hours until cool , germinated more readily than other peas not so treated . The seeds of Acacia lophantha also produced seedlings after being boiled in water for five minutes . The effects produced by this high temperature are to ...
... four hours until cool , germinated more readily than other peas not so treated . The seeds of Acacia lophantha also produced seedlings after being boiled in water for five minutes . The effects produced by this high temperature are to ...
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... four to six inches of the glass . Every thing about them should be perfectly sweet and clean . Examine the hole at the bottom of each pot , and see that the draining is open ; should any worm - cast appear , turn out the plant carefully ...
... four to six inches of the glass . Every thing about them should be perfectly sweet and clean . Examine the hole at the bottom of each pot , and see that the draining is open ; should any worm - cast appear , turn out the plant carefully ...
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... four or five - inch pot will grow a hyacinth admirably , especially when assisted at times with a little weak clear manure water , made either from soot or guano . In a similar pot , half - a- dozen crocuses and snow drops may be placed ...
... four or five - inch pot will grow a hyacinth admirably , especially when assisted at times with a little weak clear manure water , made either from soot or guano . In a similar pot , half - a- dozen crocuses and snow drops may be placed ...
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... four or more feet high , there ought to be three stakes placed at opposite sides , thrust very firmly into the ground , and their ends meeting together so as to clasp the stem of the shrub at rather above half its height from the ground ...
... four or more feet high , there ought to be three stakes placed at opposite sides , thrust very firmly into the ground , and their ends meeting together so as to clasp the stem of the shrub at rather above half its height from the ground ...
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... four inches of it all over the pots : there was neither shelter nor shade given , and never saw a finer bloom . In May , when the sum- mer plants were ready for these beds , the hyacinths were removed , and the pots plunged in light ...
... four inches of it all over the pots : there was neither shelter nor shade given , and never saw a finer bloom . In May , when the sum- mer plants were ready for these beds , the hyacinths were removed , and the pots plunged in light ...
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