A Guide to the Orchard and Fruit Garden: Or, An Account of the Most Valuable Fruits Cultivated in Great Britain: with Kalendars of the Work Required in the Orchard and Kitchen Garden During Every Month in the Year |
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Page xix
... wood , their ascending stems give rise again to new buds . These buds are all exactly like each other they have the same constitution , the same organic structure , and the individuals they are capable of producing are , consequently ...
... wood , their ascending stems give rise again to new buds . These buds are all exactly like each other they have the same constitution , the same organic structure , and the individuals they are capable of producing are , consequently ...
Page xx
... wood until they reach the earth , into which they finally pass , like those of the first bud . There is another circumstance which renders the operation of striking plants from cuttings less precarious than from eyes . In both cases ...
... wood until they reach the earth , into which they finally pass , like those of the first bud . There is another circumstance which renders the operation of striking plants from cuttings less precarious than from eyes . In both cases ...
Page xxi
... wood , strike at once into the earth , and become a natural channel by which nu- triment is conveyed into the general system of the cutting . Laying is nothing but striking from cuttings that are still allowed to maintain their ...
... wood , strike at once into the earth , and become a natural channel by which nu- triment is conveyed into the general system of the cutting . Laying is nothing but striking from cuttings that are still allowed to maintain their ...
Page xxii
... wood instead of subterranean fibres . The success of such practices , however , depends upon other causes than those which influence the growth of cuttings . It is necessary that an adhesion should take place between the scion and the ...
... wood instead of subterranean fibres . The success of such practices , however , depends upon other causes than those which influence the growth of cuttings . It is necessary that an adhesion should take place between the scion and the ...
Page xxiii
... wood of the stock and scion is so important . It is at that part that the roots of the latter pass down- wards over the former ; and it is also there that the substance called cambium , which serves as food for the young descending ...
... wood of the stock and scion is so important . It is at that part that the roots of the latter pass down- wards over the former ; and it is also there that the substance called cambium , which serves as food for the young descending ...
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A Guide to the Orchard and Fruit Garden: Or, an Account of the Most Valuable ... George Lindley No preview available - 2020 |
A Guide to the Orchard and Fruit Garden; Or, an Account of the Most Valuable ... John Lindley,George Lindley No preview available - 2015 |
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