The Gardener's Treasury of Popular Plants and Their Cultivation |
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advisable annual blooms botanical botanical name bottom heat boxes buds bulbs close frame cold frame colour compost Conifers cool greenhouse corms crop CULTURE CULTURE.-The cut back deciduous deep drainage early autumn evergreen fairly February ferns fibrous loam flowers foliage freely frost fruits germinate grow grown half-hardy hardy herbaceous border herbaceous perennials hybrids inserted kinds leaf-mould leaves light loam loamy soil March moist moisture necessary October Orchids ordinary garden soil Ostrowskia outdoors panicles pans peat moss perennials PROPAGATION PROPAGATION.-The pruning pure sand raised from seed regular pruning removed repotting require rhododendrons rich soil ripened rock garden roots sandy compost sandy soil season seedlings seeds sown shade sharp sand shrubs singly small pots soon sowing species specimens splendid stems suitable summer months sunny position temperature thinned thrive tion transplanting trees tubers varieties warm weak liquid manure weather well-drained well-rotted winter months young plants