The garden manual; or, Practical instructions for the cultivation of all kinds of vegetables, fruits, and flowers, by the ed. and contributors of The Cottage gardener [G.W. Johnson and others].1861 |
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Seite 253 - If the flower have any marking besides the feathering at the edge, it should be a beam, or bold mark down the centre, but not to reach the bottom, or near the bottom of the cup ; the mark or beam must be similar in all the six petals.
Seite 29 - ... successive years with little more trouble than keeping them clear of weeds ; but the times for planting are in October and February. Insert the sets in rows eighteen inches apart each way. The ground trenched between two and three feet deep, the cuttings being placed along the bottom of the trench, and the soil turned from the next one over them. The earth ought to lie lightly over the sets; therefore treading on the beds should be carefully avoided.
Seite 217 - ... stable-dung ; this will preserve them from drought, and afford nutriment when the plants are watered. Tying is a very important operation. As soon as the plants are high enough, they should be tied to the stakes with some rather broad shreds of soft bass matting ; and the side-shoots must also be secured by longer pieces of matting, to prevent the winds and heavy rains from breaking them off. It may sometimes be necessary to place three or four additional stakes at a certain distance from the...
Seite 207 - The guard or lower petals, not less than six in number, must be broad, thick, and smooth on the outside, free from notch or serrature on the edge, and lapping over each other sufficiently to form a circular rose-like flower; the more perfectly round the outline the better. 3. Each layer of petals should be smaller than the layer immediately under it; there should not be less than five or six layers of petals laid regularly, and the flower should so rise in the centre as to form half a ball 4. The...
Seite 146 - They may either be made of a single upright rod, or with four rods at about nine inches distant from each other, thus forming a square pillar, fastened with cross pieces of strong wire. The rose may be planted in the centre, and the branches as they grow be trained to each corner rod, and the small shoots arranged between them. Bring all the shoots to the outside, and do not allow any to twine round the rods, but tie them to each...
Seite 207 - ... there be two colours, the darker one cannot be too dark, or form too strong a contrast with the lighter. With scarlet, the perfection would be a black ; with pink there cannot be too deep a crimson ; with lilac, or light purple, the second colour cannot be too dark a purple. 8. If the colours run into the white and tinge it, or the white is not pure, the fault is very great, and pouncy spots or specks are highly objectionable.
Seite 254 - The colour, whatever it be, must be dense and decided. Whether it be delicate and light, or bright, or dark, it must be distinct in its outline, and not shaded, or flushed, or broken.
Seite 207 - ... and the upper part of the calyx opened down to the tie of each division ; yet there are some which scarcely require any assistance, and this is a very estimable quality.
Seite 253 - ... indenture. 2. The three inner petals should set close to the three outer ones ; and the whole should be broad enough to allow of the fullest expansion without quartering, as it is called ; that is, exhibiting any vacancy between the petals. 3. The petals should be thick, smooth, and stiff, and keep their form well.
Seite 256 - The plant should be compact, the joints short and strong, and distinctly of a shrubby habit, or a close ground creeper, or a climber ; those which partake of all are bad.