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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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cales of the conewill split open, and the seeds will generally be freed,if the cone be taken in the hand and struck sharplyat its point on some hard substauce. Having fannedaway the scales and abortive seeds, the rest may besown in light peaty soil, in an outside pit, protectedin bad Weather by feed of straw niovable lights, orif there ia mUch quantity the seed may be sown oft Mat 15, 1897.) THE GARDENERS CHRONICLE. 315 once into beds in the open air. In the case of theLarch, Scotch Fir, and other hardy kiods, this ispreferable, but the exotic species need some kind ofprotection. The small seeds of the Larch separate freey fromthe cones, if these be kiln dried ; but for a 6mall withal so resinous that it is often imperative to sawthem through in the direction of their axis, to getout the seed ; while in contrast to this, the seedB ofthe Araucarias are as large as Brazil-nuts, and comefreely from the immense cones, by simply drying themgradually. These seeds are edible when cooked like
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Fig. 106.—lathyrus sm,endens : flowers scarlet (kew). will descend into the soil; but the first young shootwill often not appear till the following year, orit may even take eighteen months to show itselfabove the level of the soil. As soon as theseattain to 4 inches in length they may be lifted, andeither potted at once into single 3-inch pots, or intostores, viz., 5 or 6-inch pots, placing four to sixround the outside ; again, they may be quarteredout in nursery beds at once. If potted singly, takecare they do not get corkscrew-rooted, and are shiftedinto a larger-sized pot as soon as the roots touchthe pot. It may be here noted that the seeds of Conifers donot do well as a rule if covered heavily with soil;half an inch deep will be ample for most kinds, butfor the small light seeds of the Thujas and Cypresses,half this depth will suffice. The surface of the soilshould be covered with moss or Cocoa-nut fibre, tokeep the soil uniformly moist and warm. It isbetter not to use artifici

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