The Florist and Pomologist: A Pictorial Monthly Magazine of Flowers, Fruits, and General Horticulture ..., Volumes 1-2Published at the "Journal of Horticulture" Office, 1868 - Floriculture |
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... remarks , reserving for consideration at a later date the novelties of November , 1867 - albeit , the sweet music of their names and their descriptions is , as the most recent of incantations , still ringing in my ears . Having grown ...
... remarks , reserving for consideration at a later date the novelties of November , 1867 - albeit , the sweet music of their names and their descriptions is , as the most recent of incantations , still ringing in my ears . Having grown ...
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... remarks shall be as practical and useful as I can make them . The weather of January is , in the average of years , more or less severe . The garden operations of the month depend , of course , to a certain extent on the state of the ...
... remarks shall be as practical and useful as I can make them . The weather of January is , in the average of years , more or less severe . The garden operations of the month depend , of course , to a certain extent on the state of the ...
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... remarks . which have recently been made in contemporary publications , and also from what I myself saw when in France four years ago , that we should not go there to learn either how to grow Grapes , or to keep them . In the first place ...
... remarks . which have recently been made in contemporary publications , and also from what I myself saw when in France four years ago , that we should not go there to learn either how to grow Grapes , or to keep them . In the first place ...
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... remarks upon this interesting subject ( see vol . vi . , p . 266 , of our former series ) , necessitate my again referring to it . I had simply discussed the question as to what was the probable cause of these air roots upon Vine stems ...
... remarks upon this interesting subject ( see vol . vi . , p . 266 , of our former series ) , necessitate my again referring to it . I had simply discussed the question as to what was the probable cause of these air roots upon Vine stems ...
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... remark that any hothouse boiler in constant use will last longer than if it were used only a portion of the year , for even if the water is run out the rust will still act both inside and outside . I have yet to be convinced that hollow ...
... remark that any hothouse boiler in constant use will last longer than if it were used only a portion of the year , for even if the water is run out the rust will still act both inside and outside . I have yet to be convinced that hollow ...
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1st class appearance Apples autumn Azaleas beautiful bloom boiler border bright buds bulbs Celery centre Chiswick colour compost crimson crop cultivation culture dark decoration deep dwarf early edge exhibited favourable feet Ferns first-class certificate FLORIST flowers foliage freely fronds frost fruit trees garden glass grafted Grapes green greenhouse ground grow growers grown growth very vigorous growth vigorous habit hardy heat inches Iresine kinds leaves loam Madame Madresfield Court manure Messrs month Muscat of Alexandria Nectarines ornamental plant pale Pears Pelargoniums petals POMOLOGIST pots Primula produced pruning purple remarks require Rhododendrons rich ripened roots rose rosy Royal Horticultural Royal Horticultural Society scarlet season seed seedling sepals shaded shoots soil sorts sown species specimens spring stems stove summer temperature variety Veitch Vines Viola cornuta violet wall Waltham Cross weather winter yellow young
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Page 160 - the summer of 1829 he had placed the chrysalis of a moth in some mould in a glass bottle covered with a lid, in order to obtain a perfect specimen of the insect. After a time a speck or two of vegetation appeared on the surface of the mould, and turned out to be a Fern, and a Grass. The
Page 160 - which have not since, there or elsewhere, been surpassed; and ultimately as Treasurer. In the memory of those that knew him, Mr. Ward will live as a type of a genial, upright, and most amiable man, an accomplished practitioner, and an enthusiastic lover of nature in all its aspects.
Page 168 - is easily kept clean, harbours no insects, and stands a great amount of wear and tear. The double or folding doors are the best for such structures, because, if large plants have to be moved in and out, they afford greater space than the doors in ordinary use.
Page 168 - be laid in the ground, passing from the outside under the foundation to the inside of the house, and rising under the heating pipes, by which means fresh sweet air may be admitted, even in severe weather if necessary, without detriment to the plants.
Page 98 - (Verschaffeltii x Veitchii): leaves deep chocolate purple in the centre, somewhat mottled and of a pale bronzy tint towards the edge, which has a broadish band of green broken through with purplish bronzy reticulations. The broader mottled green and bronze margin brings this near to C. Veitchii, to which it is, however, far superior in beauty. C.
Page 98 - (Verschaffeltii x Gibsoni) : leaves green, pinnately marked along the principal veins with bars of dark purple, which sometimes coalesce, the rest of the surface showing through from beneath the purple reticulations, which are also evenly and strongly marked on the under surface. A more evenly and more fully
Page 149 - No imperfect fruit should be stored with that which is sound, and every more or less decayed specimen should be immediately removed. 7. If placed on shelves, the fruit should not lie more than two deep, and no straw should be used. 8. Where especially clear and beautiful specimens are wanted, they may
Page 98 - have been produced range in two series, the one having plane crenated leaves, as in C. Veitchii, and the other having inciso-dentate frilled leaves, as in C. Verschaffeltii. The following selected kinds have been recently offered for sale by auction, and
Page 160 - situation, and the plants continued to grow and maintain a healthy appearance. On reflecting upon the matter, he found that in the bottle the conditions necessary to the life of the plants, as air, light, moisture, were maintained, and the deleterious influences to a great extent excluded. This "Case
Page 149 - packed carefully in dry bran, or in layers of perfectly dry cotton-wool, either in closed boxes, or in large garden pots. Scentless saw-dust will answer the same purpose, but pine saw-dust is apt to communicate an unpleasant taste. 9. With care early apples may be kept till Christmas, while many kinds may be preserved in perfection to a second year.