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acid adapted ammonia annuals autumn azaleas bamboos Bambusa beautiful beds bloom bone-meal border branches Buddleia bulbs bushes calamondin canes climate climbing clumps cold colder sections color commonly conifers cottonseed meal covered crape-myrtle cultivation deciduous diameter drainage easily grown excellent feet feet fertilizer Florida flowers foliage frost fruits grandiflora grass green ground-cover grow growth hardy hedge height inches injury Juniperus virginiana kinds kumquat Lantana large number lawn leaves Ligustrum Ligustrum lucidum limequat liriope locations Lower South Magnolia material moisture mulch native northern Florida open ground palms perennials phosphoric acid pink plant-food plants Plate potash pots propagated pruning rhizomes roses rows Sabal Palmetto sand satisfactory season secured seed shade shoots shrubs sometimes southern gardens space species specimens spring stable-manure stems summer surface Thrinax tion transplanted trees and shrubs trunk usually varieties Viburnum vines winter yellow Zone
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Page 61 - There's not a pair of legs so thin, there's not a head so thick, There's not a hand so weak and white, nor yet a heart so sick, But it can find some needful job that's crying to be done, For the Glory of the Garden glorifieth every one.
Page 59 - ... by using the grafting iron. If rapid work is to be done, grafts should be prepared beforehand and carried to the field, wrapped in damp paper. In preparing the cion, a sloping cut should be made about one and onehalf inches long, cutting into the pith from a point one-half way up the cut down to the lower end. On the opposite side the cut should not be made to touch the pith, but should be confined to woody tissue throughout its whole length. The knife should have a keen. sharp edge. The cut...
Page 233 - It is difficult to lay down any hard and fast rule for the determination of the value of such structures for the purpose of taxation.
Page 377 - Ibs. of a mixture containing 6 per cent phosphoric acid, 5 per cent potash, and 4 per cent ammonia ; one for bearing trees is 8 per cent phosphoric acid, 10 per cent potash and 3 per cent ammonia in amounts up to 50 Ibs.
Page 251 - United States Department of Agriculture Office of Foreign Seed and Plant Introduction...
Page 147 - Among the few shrubs that grow well on the poorest sand are the lantanas. From early spring to late autumn in the colder sections, and all through the year in the lower end of the Florida peninsula, these shrubs with their bright yellow, orange, white, scarlet or lavender blossoms make gay any spot planted with them.
Page 104 - Frank N. Meyer, Agricultural Explorer for the United States Department of Agriculture...
Page 397 - ... occupied throughout the growing season. In the South, this means the greater part of the year. In fact, throughout the South Atlantic and Gulf coast regions it is possible to have vegetables growing in the garden every month of the year. In arranging the garden, all early-maturing crops may be grouped so that as soon as one crop is removed another takes its place. It is desirable, however, to follow a crop not with another of its kind, but with an unrelated crop. For example, early peas or beans...
Page 39 - It may be as short as a few days, or even a few hours, or it may be as long as several months or a few years.
Page 182 - They group well with other trees and shrubs and very beautiful foliage contrasts and harmonies may be secured.