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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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that remembers thestony wilderness at Amiens, dominated over by abeperiwigged notability, but will be astonished anddelighted with the change that now meets his eye. Inthis issue we give an illustration of a more recently minds of some people who, in this matter, are in thelong run penny-wise and pound-foolish, we wouldsuggest, that while the rate-payers might be askedto provide for the formation and up-keep of theparks and spaces, the specially decorative featuresmight be supplied by public subscription, or by thedonations of philanthropic individuals having thewelfare of the citizens at heart—in the same mannerthat, having provided a suitable gallery, generousdonors contribute the pictures. COLUMBINES. At one time Columbines were regarded as commonplants, as few people were acquainted with anyspecies or varieties except those to be found incottage-gardens and shrubberies; but since theintroduction of the lovely Colorado species, andothers, they have come under notice, and are much
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FlQ. 1G.—TOWN OABDEN AT ABBEVILLE, house Tomatos appears to be due, at least in part, toinsufficient pollination. a. One-sidedness appears to result from a greaterdevelopment of seeds upon the large side. b. This development of seeds is apparently due tothe application of the pollen to that side. c. An abundance of pollen applied over the entirestigmatic surface, by increasing the number of seeds,increases the size of the fruit. d. The pollen, either directly or indirectly,probably stimulates the growth of the fruit beyondthe mere influence of the number of seeds. 12. The second crop of fruits is obtained bytraining out a shoot or shoots from the base of oldplants, by burying the old plant, or by starting a newseedling crop. The first method appears to be thebest. 13. House Tomatos in this latitude yield about2 lb. to the square foot. The amount of the firstcrop does not appear to influence the amount of yieldin the second crop from the same plant. formed garden in the neighbouring

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