Transactions of the Horticultural Society of LondonThe Society, 1848 - Floriculture |
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Abies religiosa acid acre Ammonia Amount of Rain average Barom Boisterous brisk wind Clear Cloudy cultivation Degree of Dryness degree of Moisture Dew Point Ditto Minimum Ditto Th East experiments External Air feet flowers Foggy Force of Vapour Frosty Garden grains Green growth Hazy Heavy rain Hygrometer inches Inorganic matter Jerusalem Artichoke large tubers Least observed degree Lime little wind Magnesia manure Mean Pressure mild Minimum of Terrestrial Morning Mucilage Muriate of Ammonia Muriate of Potash nectarines Night Night soil Nitrate of Soda Nitric Acid Noon Overcast peach Phosphate Phosphate of Ammonia Pippin Pitto quantity Remarks Showery Silicate of Potash Slight haze Slight Rain small tubers soil species Starch Sulphate Sulphate of Ammonia Sulphate of Magnesia sultry SW Ditto SW Little Temperature in ditto Temperature of External Terrestrial Radiation Tubers and Haulm varieties vegetation Weather West Whole crop
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Page 199 - were simple, without mixture of water. The time of steeping was twelve hours, the time of the year October. There was also other wheat sown unsteeped but watered twice a day with warm water. There was also other wheat sown simple to compare
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Page 199 - a foot high, and supported round about with planks, and upon the top was cast sifted earth some two fingers deep, and then the seed sprinkled upon it, having been steeped all night in water mixed with cow-dung.
Page 199 - in spirit of wine. The proportion of the mixture was a fourth part of the ingredients to the water, save that there was not of the salt, above
Page 199 - The bed we call a hot bed, and the manner of it is this. There was taken horse-dung, old and well rotted ; this was laid upon a bank half a foot high, and supported round about with planks, and upon the top was cast sifted earth some two fingers deep, and then the seed sprinkled upon it, having been steeped all night in water mixed with cow-dung.