Cottage Gardener and Country Gentleman's Companion, Volume 3Wm. S. Orr, 1850 - Gardening |
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... pruned , 284 ; root pruning , 84 ; branches dying , 328 Araucaria Cunninghamii , hardy , 148 Arbutus from seed , 204 Artichoke Tortoise Beetle , 317 Artichokes ( common ) dressing , 45 , 336 ; ( Je- rusalem ) protecting , 33 ; culture ...
... pruned , 284 ; root pruning , 84 ; branches dying , 328 Araucaria Cunninghamii , hardy , 148 Arbutus from seed , 204 Artichoke Tortoise Beetle , 317 Artichokes ( common ) dressing , 45 , 336 ; ( Je- rusalem ) protecting , 33 ; culture ...
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... pruning , 165 FALLOWING , 170 Feathers for the poor , 174 February calendar , 248 Fernery in shaded garden , 160 Ferns in a bottle , 123 : manure for , 123 Fieldfares early arriving , 137 Fig - tree over - luxuriant , 23 : borders for ...
... pruning , 165 FALLOWING , 170 Feathers for the poor , 174 February calendar , 248 Fernery in shaded garden , 160 Ferns in a bottle , 123 : manure for , 123 Fieldfares early arriving , 137 Fig - tree over - luxuriant , 23 : borders for ...
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... pruning , 36 Meadow rue , 175 Megachile centuncularis , 217 Mellilot clovers , 304 Melons , heat for , & c . , 258 ; forcing , 331 , 337 : culture , 348 Mesembryanthemum tricolor , 308 ; glabrum , 308 Mice to baffle , 191 ; destroying ...
... pruning , 36 Meadow rue , 175 Megachile centuncularis , 217 Mellilot clovers , 304 Melons , heat for , & c . , 258 ; forcing , 331 , 337 : culture , 348 Mesembryanthemum tricolor , 308 ; glabrum , 308 Mice to baffle , 191 ; destroying ...
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... pruning , 165 Sisyrinchium Bermudianum , naturalized , 23,54 Sitona tibialis and lineata , 161 Slater ( The ) , 303 Slimy grub , 71 Slipper - worts , 42 Sloping banks , 213 Slug mixture , 315 ; to destroy , 348 Snap - dragon , or ...
... pruning , 165 Sisyrinchium Bermudianum , naturalized , 23,54 Sitona tibialis and lineata , 161 Slater ( The ) , 303 Slimy grub , 71 Slipper - worts , 42 Sloping banks , 213 Slug mixture , 315 ; to destroy , 348 Snap - dragon , or ...
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... pruned . Unlike them , asparagus wants all the strength it can get ; there- fore never hurt its roots by digging out deep alleys , and chopping through the best roots , to get earth to cover the tops of the beds with . Such treatment ...
... pruned . Unlike them , asparagus wants all the strength it can get ; there- fore never hurt its roots by digging out deep alleys , and chopping through the best roots , to get earth to cover the tops of the beds with . Such treatment ...
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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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