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... Sowing Seedlings - Subjects for Forcing - Ver- benas ... ... ... ... ... October . - Asparagus - Auriculas - Bulbous Roots - Camellias- Carnations and Picotees - Cauliflowers - Cucumbers and Melons- Pansies and Pinks - Polyanthuses and ...
... Sowing Seedlings - Subjects for Forcing - Ver- benas ... ... ... ... ... October . - Asparagus - Auriculas - Bulbous Roots - Camellias- Carnations and Picotees - Cauliflowers - Cucumbers and Melons- Pansies and Pinks - Polyanthuses and ...
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... that the bed be left neat and clean . they may remain until they are above ground . In this state Annuals . One batch of these may be sown in 6 A YEAR'S WORK IN Pruning and Nailing- Pruning generally-Ranunculuses-Tulips- Violets.
... that the bed be left neat and clean . they may remain until they are above ground . In this state Annuals . One batch of these may be sown in 6 A YEAR'S WORK IN Pruning and Nailing- Pruning generally-Ranunculuses-Tulips- Violets.
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... Sow the different sorts in different pots , and as they germinate they may be placed where they will have more or ... sowing now , and two months hence also . Auriculas . — These should be top - dressed with rich compost , chiefly the ...
... Sow the different sorts in different pots , and as they germinate they may be placed where they will have more or ... sowing now , and two months hence also . Auriculas . — These should be top - dressed with rich compost , chiefly the ...
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... sown in wide - mouthed pots or pans towards the end of the month , if you are anxious to forward any particular kinds ... sowing . Pinks and Pansies . - Those in beds will be all the better for having the surface of the soil stirred ...
... sown in wide - mouthed pots or pans towards the end of the month , if you are anxious to forward any particular kinds ... sowing . Pinks and Pansies . - Those in beds will be all the better for having the surface of the soil stirred ...
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... sow some fresh lime over them occasionally , for that destroys all it touches . Stir the earth between the plants , and keep them clear of weeds . Sow seed in pans , and if the seed be very choice cover with damp moss till it vegetates ...
... sow some fresh lime over them occasionally , for that destroys all it touches . Stir the earth between the plants , and keep them clear of weeds . Sow seed in pans , and if the seed be very choice cover with damp moss till it vegetates ...
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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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