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Page vii
... Seedlings - Dahlias -Flower Beds - Hyacinths Pinks and Pansies- - - Planting- Pruning and Nailing- Pruning generally - Ranunculuses - Tulips- Violets ... ... ... ... February . - Anemones and Ranunculuses - Annuals - Auriculas -Bedding ...
... Seedlings - Dahlias -Flower Beds - Hyacinths Pinks and Pansies- - - Planting- Pruning and Nailing- Pruning generally - Ranunculuses - Tulips- Violets ... ... ... ... February . - Anemones and Ranunculuses - Annuals - Auriculas -Bedding ...
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... Seedlings- Beds - Geraniums - Stocks - Tender Plants - Tulips - Violets October . Alpines Alterations ― ― 50 ... 56 Anemones Annuals Balsams - Beds and Borders - Biennials and Perennials - Car- nations and Picotees Chrysanthemums ...
... Seedlings- Beds - Geraniums - Stocks - Tender Plants - Tulips - Violets October . Alpines Alterations ― ― 50 ... 56 Anemones Annuals Balsams - Beds and Borders - Biennials and Perennials - Car- nations and Picotees Chrysanthemums ...
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... Seedlings- Subjects of a Miscellaneous Character - September . Auriculas - Bulbs - Carnations and Picotees Cauliflowers - Cinerarias - Cucumbers and Melons - Geraniums- Pansies and Pinks — Polyanthuses and Primroses — Potting Routine ...
... Seedlings- Subjects of a Miscellaneous Character - September . Auriculas - Bulbs - Carnations and Picotees Cauliflowers - Cinerarias - Cucumbers and Melons - Geraniums- Pansies and Pinks — Polyanthuses and Primroses — Potting Routine ...
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... - Yellow - White STRAWBERRIES : ... ... . 236 236 236 British Queen - Early Prolific - Elton Pine - Frogmore Late Pine - Keen's Seedling - President ... 237 A YEAR'S WORK IN GARDEN AND GREENHOUSE . PRELIMINARY REMARKS xvi CONTENTS .
... - Yellow - White STRAWBERRIES : ... ... . 236 236 236 British Queen - Early Prolific - Elton Pine - Frogmore Late Pine - Keen's Seedling - President ... 237 A YEAR'S WORK IN GARDEN AND GREENHOUSE . PRELIMINARY REMARKS xvi CONTENTS .
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... Seedlings . - Pots of the former and pans of the latter , to turn out in the spring , must be kept dry , and the drainage attended to . Dahlias . - Examine to see if any show symptoms of shrivelling or rotting . Pot any that are in ...
... Seedlings . - Pots of the former and pans of the latter , to turn out in the spring , must be kept dry , and the drainage attended to . Dahlias . - Examine to see if any show symptoms of shrivelling or rotting . Pot any that are in ...
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Apricots Auriculas beds and borders better bloom bottom heat branches buds bulbs Capsicums carefully Carnations close cold frame colours compost covered cow-dung crimson crop Currants cut back damp dry weather dung early earth earwigs edge espaliers examined fastened feet fibres filled flower foliage frost fruit garden Geraniums graft greenhouse grow grown growth hand-glass hardy hot-bed Hyacinths keep kinds last month latter layer leaf mould leaves light loam manure mould nailed necessary Nectarines once open ground operation Pansies pegged Picotees Pinks placed plants plenty pots protection pruning purpose removed require Rhododendrons ripen roots rose rotted rows runners season seed seedlings sepals shade shifted shrubs side side-shoots six inches slugs soil soon sowing sown spring stable-dung stem strike struck sufficient surface syringe taken thinning Trees.-These tubers Tulips turves Verbenas vermin Vines wall trees Wallflowers wind winter wireworm wood yellow young
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