A Guide to the Orchard and Kitchen Garden, Or, An Account of the Most Valuable Fruit and Vegetables Cultivated in Great Britain: With Kalendars of the Work Required in the Orchard and Kitchen Garden During Every Month of the Year |
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... growing upon a north wall there is a smaller formation of sugar than in the same variety growing on a south wall ; and it can be easily understood that the seed of that fruit which is itself least capable of forming saccharine ...
... growing upon a north wall there is a smaller formation of sugar than in the same variety growing on a south wall ; and it can be easily understood that the seed of that fruit which is itself least capable of forming saccharine ...
Page xxii
... grown into one : two Cucumbers accidentally placed side by side , or two Apples growing in contact with each other , form double Cucumbers or double Apples ; and most of the normal modifications of the leaves , floral envelopes , or ...
... grown into one : two Cucumbers accidentally placed side by side , or two Apples growing in contact with each other , form double Cucumbers or double Apples ; and most of the normal modifications of the leaves , floral envelopes , or ...
Page xxv
... growing a plant in water and alternately preventing the action of the spongioles , when languor and a cessa- tion of vital action comes on , and preventing the action of the general surface of the roots , leaving the spongioles at ...
... growing a plant in water and alternately preventing the action of the spongioles , when languor and a cessa- tion of vital action comes on , and preventing the action of the general surface of the roots , leaving the spongioles at ...
Page xxvi
... growing again returns . Evaporation takes place in plants to an inconceivable degree in certain circumstances . It is known by the experiments of Dr. Hales , that a sunflower plant will lose as much as 1 lb. 14oz . by perspiration in ...
... growing again returns . Evaporation takes place in plants to an inconceivable degree in certain circumstances . It is known by the experiments of Dr. Hales , that a sunflower plant will lose as much as 1 lb. 14oz . by perspiration in ...
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... grow wild about Astracan , and was first brought into notice by William Atkinson , Esq . of Grove End , Paddington ... growing in the garden of Mr. Etheredge , of Stoke Ferry , in Norfolk . 13. EARLY RED MARGARET . Hort . Soc . Cat ...
... grow wild about Astracan , and was first brought into notice by William Atkinson , Esq . of Grove End , Paddington ... growing in the garden of Mr. Etheredge , of Stoke Ferry , in Norfolk . 13. EARLY RED MARGARET . Hort . Soc . Cat ...
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