The American Gardener's Magazine, Volum 2Hovey & Company, 1836 |
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Pàgina iii
... as the amateur gardener . The paper on the classification and arrangement of Peas , with their numerous synonymes , taken from a foreign work , is of great value . Among the improvements we may mention the indication of the.
... as the amateur gardener . The paper on the classification and arrangement of Peas , with their numerous synonymes , taken from a foreign work , is of great value . Among the improvements we may mention the indication of the.
Pàgina 5
... taken that the crowning part of the glass is put downwards , that the water may be carried off in the centre of the lights , and not be allowed to get un- der the putty . The door which opens into the green - house is two feet seven ...
... taken that the crowning part of the glass is put downwards , that the water may be carried off in the centre of the lights , and not be allowed to get un- der the putty . The door which opens into the green - house is two feet seven ...
Pàgina 12
... taken from ; if that were always done , they would soon get out of all bounds . The ball may , with propriety , be reduced , perhaps , to half or third its former bulk . In preparing pots , be sure to put a handful of potshreds , or ...
... taken from ; if that were always done , they would soon get out of all bounds . The ball may , with propriety , be reduced , perhaps , to half or third its former bulk . In preparing pots , be sure to put a handful of potshreds , or ...
Pàgina 13
... taken out of doors and sprinkled over head , which greatly refreshes them , and takes the dust from the leaves . If any of the Cácteæ tribe are kept through the winter , they should not be watered ; but after they begin to show their ...
... taken out of doors and sprinkled over head , which greatly refreshes them , and takes the dust from the leaves . If any of the Cácteæ tribe are kept through the winter , they should not be watered ; but after they begin to show their ...
Pàgina 15
... taken for a pear tree , which it resembles . Occasionally , it forms a small tree ; but blos- soms profusely , and bears fruit , when a yard or two high . The leaves , when first expanded , are lanceolate , and covered with a silky down ...
... taken for a pear tree , which it resembles . Occasionally , it forms a small tree ; but blos- soms profusely , and bears fruit , when a yard or two high . The leaves , when first expanded , are lanceolate , and covered with a silky down ...
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Pàgina 1 - London's Encyclopaedia of Agriculture : comprising the Laying-out, Improvement, and Management of Landed Property, and the Cultivation and Economy of the Productions of Agriculture. With 1,100 Woodcuts. 8vo. 31s. 6d. London's Encyclopedia of Gardening : comprising the Theory and Practice of Horticulture, Floriculture, Arboriculture, and Landscape Gardening.
Pàgina 138 - FLORA MEDICA ; OR, A BOTANICAL ACCOUNT OF ALL THE MOST REMARKABLE PLANTS APPLIED TO MEDICAL PRACTICE in Great Britain and other Countries. 1 vol.
Pàgina 270 - We all know that hybrid plants are constantly produced in every garden, and that improvements of the most remarkable kind are yearly occurring in consequence.
Pàgina 93 - In the female the mammary gland measures from three and a half to four and a half inches in diameter, and from one and a half to five inches in thickness.
Pàgina 192 - Where the water is not at hand, so that it may be easily carried or wheeled by men, a horse with a water-barrel on wheels should be used. As soon as the plant has been put into its place the earth should be filled in, leaving a sufficient hollow round the stem, and as far as the roots extend, to hold...
Pàgina 217 - Botanical Register, or Ornamental Flower Garden and Shrubbery. Each number containing eight figures of Plants and Shrubs. In monthly numbers; 4s.
Pàgina 112 - ... of the supply of moisture, without any chance of saturation; the power of examining the state of the cuttings at any time, without injuring them, by lifting out the inner pot; the superior drainage, so essential in propagating, by having such a thin layer of soil; the roots being placed so near the sides of both pots; and the facility with which the plants, when rooted, can be parted for potting off, by taking out the inner pot, and with a common table-knife...
Pàgina 192 - M'Nab *, that whether it be done in a dull day, a wet day, or a dry day, it is very necessary to keep in view the expediency of keeping the plants for as short a time out of the ground as possible — if only a few minutes, so much the better ; and in all cases, when it can be done...
Pàgina 376 - ... shoot, in the manner common ringing is performed on trees. In this way each bud will occupy one inch of the stem between the rings. The stems when thus prepared should be laid down horizontally, about three inches under the soil, leaving only the leading bud at the end of each branch out of the soil. In six months each bud will have made a vigorous shoot and radical fibres. In August, carefully separate each plant and plant them out. Vertical division of the stem. — According to Hovey, 1836,...
Pàgina 30 - The cultivation of spindle roots ought to succeed that of running and superficial roots. 4th. It is necessary to avoid returning too soon to the cultivation of the same or of analogous kinds of vegetables, in the same soil.* 5th. It is very unwise to allow two kinds of plants, which admit of the ready growth of weeds among them, to be raised in succession. 6th. Those plants that derive their principal support from the soil should not be sown, excepting when the soil is sufficiently provided with...