The American Gardener's Calendar; Adapted to the Climates and Seasons of the United States: Containing a Complete Account of All the Work Necessary to be Done ... for Every Month in the Year; with Ample Practical Directions for Performing the Same ...B. Graves, no. 40, North Fourth-Street, 1806 - 648 страници |
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... give the top a due slope to the sun and a proper declevity to carry off the wet when covered with glass lights , to move off and on occasionally ; every joint ought to be tongued , the better to prevent the admission of cold air into ...
... give the top a due slope to the sun and a proper declevity to carry off the wet when covered with glass lights , to move off and on occasionally ; every joint ought to be tongued , the better to prevent the admission of cold air into ...
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... give vent to the internal rank steam , and to admit a moderate degree of fresh air ; and in which may fasten one of the covering mats to hang down a little over the part where the lights are occasionally opened to prevent the cutting ex ...
... give vent to the internal rank steam , and to admit a moderate degree of fresh air ; and in which may fasten one of the covering mats to hang down a little over the part where the lights are occasionally opened to prevent the cutting ex ...
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... give a very little water just to the roots of the plants only ; and directly plunge the pots into the earth on the bed , close to one another , filling up all the spaces between with earth ; and let every part of the bed within the ...
... give a very little water just to the roots of the plants only ; and directly plunge the pots into the earth on the bed , close to one another , filling up all the spaces between with earth ; and let every part of the bed within the ...
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... give them a large share of air , either by taking the glasses , & c . entirely off , whenever it can be done with safety , even for half an hour at a time , or tilting them up high at one end , as the weather will permit , otherwise ...
... give them a large share of air , either by taking the glasses , & c . entirely off , whenever it can be done with safety , even for half an hour at a time , or tilting them up high at one end , as the weather will permit , otherwise ...
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... give the tree its proper form ; for the great article in this training - pruning is to encourage and assist young wall and espalier fruit - trees in their first two or three years ' growth , to produce shoots in proper places , so as to ...
... give the tree its proper form ; for the great article in this training - pruning is to encourage and assist young wall and espalier fruit - trees in their first two or three years ' growth , to produce shoots in proper places , so as to ...
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Страница 218 - As the growth of the tree will gradually af" feet the plaster, by raising up its edges next the " bark, care should be taken where that happens "to rub it over with the finger when occasion may " require (which is best done when moistened by " rain), that the plaster may be kept whole, to " prevent the air and wet from penetrating into
Страница 218 - Then take a quantity of dry powder of wood-ashes mixed with a sixth part of the same quantity of the ashes of burnt bones ; put it into a tin box with holes in the top, and shake the powder on the surface of the plaster till the whole is covered...
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