The Gardener's Magazine and Register of Rural and Domestic Improvement, Volume 1John Claudius Loudon Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown and Green, 1826 - Agriculture |
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... mode of training the peach - tree , 33. Self - inarching , 34. Chinese mode of rooting branches , 49. Moulds for casting leaden tallies , 51. Preparation of orange cuttings , 80. Lancashire practice with potatoe sets ,
... mode of training the peach - tree , 33. Self - inarching , 34. Chinese mode of rooting branches , 49. Moulds for casting leaden tallies , 51. Preparation of orange cuttings , 80. Lancashire practice with potatoe sets ,
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... branch of art ; and that landscape garden- ing , about a century ago , was as much the fashion as horti- culture is at present . Since the beginning of the present century , and even before , this taste has been on the decline ; having ...
... branch of art ; and that landscape garden- ing , about a century ago , was as much the fashion as horti- culture is at present . Since the beginning of the present century , and even before , this taste has been on the decline ; having ...
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... branches rising stiffly upwards , contrast with and render more graceful the pendent ones ; and their stems being taller , form an agreeable variety in the lower part of the group . Of course , there are other trees which would add ...
... branches rising stiffly upwards , contrast with and render more graceful the pendent ones ; and their stems being taller , form an agreeable variety in the lower part of the group . Of course , there are other trees which would add ...
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... branch of a pear tree growing against a N. W. wall in my garden , at my late residence in Surrey , which bud produced fruit in two years after its in- sertion . This fruit was exhibited at a meeting of the Hor- ticultural Society , and ...
... branch of a pear tree growing against a N. W. wall in my garden , at my late residence in Surrey , which bud produced fruit in two years after its in- sertion . This fruit was exhibited at a meeting of the Hor- ticultural Society , and ...
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... branches to 1 , 2 , or 3 eyes at most . The following spring it will push its buds a few days before any neighbouring vines pruned in winter . Train it as carefully all summer as if you was cer- tain it would ripen its crop of fruit ...
... branches to 1 , 2 , or 3 eyes at most . The following spring it will push its buds a few days before any neighbouring vines pruned in winter . Train it as carefully all summer as if you was cer- tain it would ripen its crop of fruit ...
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