The Gardeners' Chronicle: A Weekly Illustrated Journal of Horticulture and Allied SubjectsGardeners Chronicle, 1907 - Gardening |
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... better for himself and the public . THE HARDY FRUIT GARDEN . By Mr. J. MAYNE , Gardener to the Hon . MARK ROLLE , Bicton , East Devon . Retrospection . A new year usually brings new readers who have not previously consulted the remarks ...
... better for himself and the public . THE HARDY FRUIT GARDEN . By Mr. J. MAYNE , Gardener to the Hon . MARK ROLLE , Bicton , East Devon . Retrospection . A new year usually brings new readers who have not previously consulted the remarks ...
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... better than a larger and more ex- pensive packet containing enough seed to stock the entire garden . It will be my object in these short papers to try and bring before the notice of my readers plants that , really and truly , add both ...
... better than a larger and more ex- pensive packet containing enough seed to stock the entire garden . It will be my object in these short papers to try and bring before the notice of my readers plants that , really and truly , add both ...
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... better " heeled in until February or March . All vacant ground should be trenched and well manured in readi- ness for later planting , and the Roses will suc- ceed better in land that has been worked in advance . Established Roses in ...
... better " heeled in until February or March . All vacant ground should be trenched and well manured in readi- ness for later planting , and the Roses will suc- ceed better in land that has been worked in advance . Established Roses in ...
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... better than cure , we recommend the following simple remedy to soften water before use if due to temporary hardness - i.e . , matter which is de- posited on the wa er boiling . Put a little lime , such as is used by builders , in the ...
... better than cure , we recommend the following simple remedy to soften water before use if due to temporary hardness - i.e . , matter which is de- posited on the wa er boiling . Put a little lime , such as is used by builders , in the ...
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... ( better Palmacea ) , Gutti- Gramineæ , Cruciferæ , Leguminosæ , feræ , Umbelliferæ , Labiatæ , Compositæ . [ It would have been better to have fol- lowed Lindley , and by various means to have made all groups of equal family - rank end ...
... ( better Palmacea ) , Gutti- Gramineæ , Cruciferæ , Leguminosæ , feræ , Umbelliferæ , Labiatæ , Compositæ . [ It would have been better to have fol- lowed Lindley , and by various means to have made all groups of equal family - rank end ...
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Page 1 - THE melancholy days are come, the saddest of the year, Of wailing winds, and naked woods, and meadows brown and sere. Heaped in the hollows of the grove, the autumn leaves lie dead ; They rustle to the eddying gust, and to the rabbit's tread ; The robin and the wren are flown, and from the shrubs the jay, And from the wood-top calls the crow through all the gloomy day. Where are the flowers, the fair young flowers...
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Page 17 - When a specific name is taken from the name of a man, it is formed in the following way: — (a) When the name ends in a vowel the letter i is added (thus Glazioui from Glaziou ; Bureaui from Bureau), except when the names end in a, when e is added (thus Balansae from Balansa).
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