Cottage Gardener and Country Gentleman's Companion, Volume 3Wm. S. Orr, 1850 - Gardening |
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... glasses , choose coloured instead of clear ones , as the roots have a distaste for light . Put some little bits of charcoal in the water , but , nevertheless , change it frequently . Let only the lower part of the bulb be moistened ...
... glasses , choose coloured instead of clear ones , as the roots have a distaste for light . Put some little bits of charcoal in the water , but , nevertheless , change it frequently . Let only the lower part of the bulb be moistened ...
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... glass is so cheap , when orchids will be cultivated in a much greater number of gardens than they are at present . And we trust the pages we are about to write every week will be found useful , and have a tendency to increase the ...
... glass is so cheap , when orchids will be cultivated in a much greater number of gardens than they are at present . And we trust the pages we are about to write every week will be found useful , and have a tendency to increase the ...
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... GLASS ( Ibid ) .- The plants in your pit during the winter should be six inches from the glass , but some of them must be more distant and some less , for they are of different heights . We have had some all but touching the glass ...
... GLASS ( Ibid ) .- The plants in your pit during the winter should be six inches from the glass , but some of them must be more distant and some less , for they are of different heights . We have had some all but touching the glass ...
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... glass , and give plenty of air . Draw off the lights on all fine days , and tilt them behind on wet rainy ones . With these points attended to properly , and on all occasions , the plants will do well through the winter , and flower ...
... glass , and give plenty of air . Draw off the lights on all fine days , and tilt them behind on wet rainy ones . With these points attended to properly , and on all occasions , the plants will do well through the winter , and flower ...
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... glass over the bottom hole . They would damp off . The plan mentioned at p . 108 of our last volume is a good one . proposed greenhouse , the top lights may be fixed , provided the open- ings into the granary behind are of a large size ...
... glass over the bottom hole . They would damp off . The plan mentioned at p . 108 of our last volume is a good one . proposed greenhouse , the top lights may be fixed , provided the open- ings into the granary behind are of a large size ...
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