Cottage Gardener and Country Gentleman's Companion, Volume 3Wm. S. Orr, 1850 - Gardening |
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... late in autumn , 74 ; list of fancy , 112 ; cutting down , 151 ; cuttings , 336 hybridizing , 228 ; propagating , 254 , 280 Dairying , 240 Date - stones , 260 Datura culture , 36 , 359 Death watch , 305 December calendars , 124 ...
... late in autumn , 74 ; list of fancy , 112 ; cutting down , 151 ; cuttings , 336 hybridizing , 228 ; propagating , 254 , 280 Dairying , 240 Date - stones , 260 Datura culture , 36 , 359 Death watch , 305 December calendars , 124 ...
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... late sort . American Marrow , do . July 17-2 ft . , fine pea , full crop . Blue Scymitar , do . July 25-3 ft . , good bearer . Bedman's Blue Imperial , do . July 30 - good pea , full crop . Flack's Victoria , do . July 17-2 ft . , large ...
... late sort . American Marrow , do . July 17-2 ft . , fine pea , full crop . Blue Scymitar , do . July 25-3 ft . , good bearer . Bedman's Blue Imperial , do . July 30 - good pea , full crop . Flack's Victoria , do . July 17-2 ft . , large ...
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... late autumn and early winter supply of fine shoots may be obtained . The glass lights should be taken off , at the commencement of forcing , entirely during the day in fine weather , and tilted when the weather is unfavourable , so as ...
... late autumn and early winter supply of fine shoots may be obtained . The glass lights should be taken off , at the commencement of forcing , entirely during the day in fine weather , and tilted when the weather is unfavourable , so as ...
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... late Sir Herbert Taylor , and the gardens and pleasure grounds were laid out entirely under the directions of the venerated Queen Char- lotte and her accomplished daughters , and great in- deed was the taste displayed . A portion of ...
... late Sir Herbert Taylor , and the gardens and pleasure grounds were laid out entirely under the directions of the venerated Queen Char- lotte and her accomplished daughters , and great in- deed was the taste displayed . A portion of ...
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... late- planted or the late ripening varieties ; every result is in favour of autumn planting . Apples are abundant in the southern counties , but pears generally have failed . Open the ground about five feet from the stem of your ...
... late- planted or the late ripening varieties ; every result is in favour of autumn planting . Apples are abundant in the southern counties , but pears generally have failed . Open the ground about five feet from the stem of your ...
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amateur asparagus autumn Beaton beautiful bees better bloom border bottom buds bulbs calceolarias camellia celery cold colour compost COTTAGE GARDENER covered crop cultivation culture damp deep dung early earth espalier feet florist flower-garden flowers frame frost fruit fuchsias geraniums give glass green greenhouse ground grow grown growth half-hardy plants hardy heat hive hotbed inches keep kind labellum leaves light loam manure matter moisture month moss mulch never orchids parsnips peas peat petals plants potatoes pots present produce pruning rain removed require rich roots rose sand scarlet sea-kale season seed seedlings shade shoots soil soon sown species spring stems summer surface syringe temperature things tion trees trench tubers variety vegetable verbenas vines warm weather week WILLIAM SOMERVILLE winter wood yellow young
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