The American Home Garden: Being Principles and Rules for the Culture of Vegetables, Fruits, Flowers, and Shrubbery. To which are Added Brief Notes on Farm Crops ...Harper & brothers, 1859 - 531 Seiten |
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Seite 67
... stem , at the bases of the leaves , of minute but perfect bulbs , which at first appear like small black buds . These are gradually loosen- ed from the stem , and in due time , by throwing out a single root , cant themselves over on one ...
... stem , at the bases of the leaves , of minute but perfect bulbs , which at first appear like small black buds . These are gradually loosen- ed from the stem , and in due time , by throwing out a single root , cant themselves over on one ...
Seite 69
... stem , as the wild lettuce . In all these , cultivation , working sometimes blindly , and at others with precalculation of results , has produced various striking changes . The leaf of the well - cultivated cabbage has become thick and ...
... stem , as the wild lettuce . In all these , cultivation , working sometimes blindly , and at others with precalculation of results , has produced various striking changes . The leaf of the well - cultivated cabbage has become thick and ...
Seite 88
... stem one or two inches deeper than they have previously stood ; but plants that do not form a stem , as celery , lettuce , & c . , at the same depth as before . If the stems of young plants of the for- mer class are very long , or ...
... stem one or two inches deeper than they have previously stood ; but plants that do not form a stem , as celery , lettuce , & c . , at the same depth as before . If the stems of young plants of the for- mer class are very long , or ...
Seite 89
... stem - plants , of suita- ble size that is , from four to ten inches ' growth - either drop them at the proper distances , with their heads to the left hand , or place them in a small box or basket on your left hand , or sling them in ...
... stem - plants , of suita- ble size that is , from four to ten inches ' growth - either drop them at the proper distances , with their heads to the left hand , or place them in a small box or basket on your left hand , or sling them in ...
Seite 91
... stem and plant ; and each large leaf of the giant pie - plant , being slightly incurved , is set to catch the falling dew and rain , its stem forming the gutter by which it is car- ried to the root ; and so of many other plants , with ...
... stem and plant ; and each large leaf of the giant pie - plant , being slightly incurved , is set to catch the falling dew and rain , its stem forming the gutter by which it is car- ried to the root ; and so of many other plants , with ...
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Seite 66 - He causeth the grass to grow for the cattle, and herb for the service of man: that he may bring forth food out of the earth...