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 xxiv
... plants , reflect how delicate is that organisation upon which the life of their victim is dependent . Transplanting is , perhaps , that operation in which the greatest difficulty is generally found to exist , and in which the causes of ...
... plants , reflect how delicate is that organisation upon which the life of their victim is dependent . Transplanting is , perhaps , that operation in which the greatest difficulty is generally found to exist , and in which the causes of ...
Page xxv
... plants reared in pots are transplanted with so much more success than if taken immediately from the soil . Hence , also , when earth is frozen into a huge ball around the root of a plant , transplantation is effected with the same kind ...
... plants reared in pots are transplanted with so much more success than if taken immediately from the soil . Hence , also , when earth is frozen into a huge ball around the root of a plant , transplantation is effected with the same kind ...
Page xxvi
... plant is in health , in short tufts , and each terminated by a spongiole , are much more easily taken out of the ground ... plants to an inconceivable degree in certain circumstances . It is known by the experiments of Dr. Hales , that a ...
... plant is in health , in short tufts , and each terminated by a spongiole , are much more easily taken out of the ground ... plants to an inconceivable degree in certain circumstances . It is known by the experiments of Dr. Hales , that a ...
Page xxvii
... Plants first beginning to grow in the spring , with their leaves just turning green , are in a most unfit state to remove ; for , when transplanted , their roots will not have time to form a sufficient number of new spongioles to supply ...
... Plants first beginning to grow in the spring , with their leaves just turning green , are in a most unfit state to remove ; for , when transplanted , their roots will not have time to form a sufficient number of new spongioles to supply ...
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... plants from it are used for stocks to bud peaches upon . 2. AMANDE DOUCE À COQUE DURE . - The nuts of these are large , fully one inch and a half long , smooth , and of a dull colour : the shell is thick and hard , the kernel small ...
... plants from it are used for stocks to bud peaches upon . 2. AMANDE DOUCE À COQUE DURE . - The nuts of these are large , fully one inch and a half long , smooth , and of a dull colour : the shell is thick and hard , the kernel small ...
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