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Title: The Gardeners' chronicle : a weekly illustrated journal of horticulture and allied subjects
Year: 1874 (1870s)
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Subjects: Ornamental horticulture Horticulture Plants, Ornamental Gardening
Publisher: London : (Gardeners Chronicle)
Contributing Library: UMass Amherst Libraries
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ially treated as regards heat, moisture, &c.Usually the only available space is to be found invineries or other forcing houses. Under such cir-cumstances it is quite necessary to have the plantsquite free from thrips ; very often they get from theAzaleas to the Vines, and do much damage beforethey can be destroyed. Fumigate well before theplants start to make new growth. See that Ihey donot want for water at the roots, and syringe overheadonce every d.ay at least. Bouvardias.These ought certainly to be pl.aced into heat now,if this has not been already done. Water freely atthe roots, .and syringe to cause a good break. February 14, iSSo.) THE GARDENERS CHRONICLE. 205 \\hen the planls were placed into heat aboutTanuaty i or earlier cuttings can now be obtained.They should be taken ofi as soon as they arc readyand be potted in 4 or 5-inch pots, about nine or on a shelf near the glass in the same temperatureas the cuttings. Calceolarias.If the plants intended to flower for exhibition
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Fig. 37.—dasylirion glaucum, much reduced, flower, and section through ovary, magn. (see p. 204.) twelve in each, using fine sandy loam on the surface.Place the pots containing the cuttings in a nicebottom-heat, with a temperature in the atmosphereof 55°. Old plants may be shaken out of their pots,reducing the ball of earth considerably, and repottingn a size smaller pots. These old plants will do well purposes in June have not yet been potted into theirflowering pots, no time should now be lost in doingso. After this the plants commence to make veryrapid growth, and none more quickly show theeffects of any check. The plants are very impatientof the lack of water at the roots, and move so when the pots are well filled with them. Some of the oldgrowers used to syringe overhead, but I never allowwater to fall upon the leaves at any time. Thedifficulty has been in such a winter as this to keep amoist genial atmosphere, owing tu the excessive useof the heating apparatus, It has been ne

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