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Title: American gardening
Identifier: americangardeni131892newy (find matches)
Year: 1892 (1890s)
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Subjects: Gardening; Horticulture
Publisher: New York : Rural Pub. Co
Contributing Library: Smithsonian Libraries
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BUDS, BLOSSOMS, FRUITS. and most picturesque ornaments known for covering trees, arbors and buildings. No other climbing vine is more vigorous in growth when once it gets fair- ly under way. Itsflow- ers. of a delicate lilac color, appear in Ijng, loose, pendulous ra- cemes, and, as our en- graving shows, are much the most conspicuous part of the plant when it is in bloom. They appear in May and June, and again in mid- summer. The foliage is composed of long pin nate leaves of many leaflets, which, together with the pecijliar twin- ing habit of'the plant, give it an air of pictur- esqueness that is quite unique. Planted at the side of a tree, in a few years the wistaria as- cends high into its top. Still, there is one objec- tion to having the vine assume a decidedly ver- tical style of growth, namely, that next to the ground it, in time, is quite certain to lose its foliage. The better way of growing it is to pro- vide a horizontal trellis or arbor for its support. A single vine has been known to cover a trellis 60x120 feet. A Small Conserva- tory, and What I Grow in It.—My observatory is built adjoining the dining-room, and is en- tered through an arch- way hung with curtains that can be drawn at will. It faces the south- east, and so has sunlight almost all day, and it is heated by a register from the hot-air fur- nace which heats the dwelling. When the sun shines I keep the register closed all day, sun-heat being all that is required. The ther- A Chinlse Wist,' mometer ranges from 70° to 80° during the day and from 50° to 60° at night. There are two ventilators, and I am
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1-AiRMOUNT Park, Philadelphia.

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  • bookyear:1892
  • bookdecade:1890
  • bookcentury:1800
  • booksubject:Gardening
  • booksubject:Horticulture
  • bookpublisher:New_York_Rural_Pub_Co
  • bookcontributor:Smithsonian_Libraries
  • booksponsor:Biodiversity_Heritage_Library
  • bookleafnumber:791
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