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Page 66
... beds , so , weeds , or no weeds , while the weather allows of it , keep the hoe at work . In some parts of the country , little or nothing is done to the beds until the foliage of the bulbs is just breaking through . Then , the soil in ...
... beds , so , weeds , or no weeds , while the weather allows of it , keep the hoe at work . In some parts of the country , little or nothing is done to the beds until the foliage of the bulbs is just breaking through . Then , the soil in ...
Page 280
... beds for days or even weeks after lifting , in order that they may dry off and ripen . Such bulbs constitute an easy prey for the ovipositing female flies and , as a result , growers are frequently heard to complain of increased ...
... beds for days or even weeks after lifting , in order that they may dry off and ripen . Such bulbs constitute an easy prey for the ovipositing female flies and , as a result , growers are frequently heard to complain of increased ...
Page 314
... beds . A bed three feet six wide , with five rows of bulbs , is the common method around Penzance . Another common commercial method is a general distance of thirteen inches between the rows , as practiced in the Ornatus growing ...
... beds . A bed three feet six wide , with five rows of bulbs , is the common method around Penzance . Another common commercial method is a general distance of thirteen inches between the rows , as practiced in the Ornatus growing ...
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Ajax areas Award of Merit Barri beautiful beds bicolor bloom boxes Brodie of Brodie bulb and flower bulb eelworm bunches Burbidge climate colour commercial Cornwall corona crop crown cultivation culture districts double early eelworm Emperor Engleheart A.M. foliage forcing G. H. Engleheart garden Golden Spur grade ground growing grown Guernsey Hartland Henry Irving Holland hybridisers hybrids inches Incomparabilis island Isles of Scilly Jonquil Kainit King Alfred land larvæ late Leedsii lifted Lincolnshire manure matter Maximus Merit R.H.S. Merodon equestris methods Narcissus nature organisation Ornatus packing perianth segments Peter Barr plant Poeticus pollen Polyanthus Portugal produce pseudo-Narcissus pure white Pyrenees R. O. Backhouse raised raisers realise replanted roots round bulbs Royal Horticultural Society Scilly season seed seedlings Sir Watkin soil Soleil D'Or species stem Tazetta Triandrus Trumpet Daffodil varieties whilst white perianth white trumpet wild