Glenny's Hand-Book to the Flower Garden and Greenhouse

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1855 edition. Excerpt: ...garden soil suits the ivy, but it grows quicker if it be rich and deep. Increased by cuttings in autumn, in a moist sandy soil. The best of the varieties for general purposes are the 7mA and H, Rcegneriana; the latter with large heart-shaped leaves. H. Helix (common). The principal varieties are: --arborescens (tree-like); cana riensis (Irish); chrysocarpa (yellow-berried); digitaia (finger-lvd.); foliis argentei (silver-striped); foliis aureis (gold-striped); Kagiieriana (raegner's). HEDGEHOG CACTUS. See Echinocactus. HEDGE MUSTARD. See Erysimum. HEDGE NETTLE. See Stachys. HEDYCHIUM. Zingiberacese. Beautiful stove herbaceous perennials, growing five or six feet high, and bearing white, orange, scarlet, or yellow flowers. Soil, turfy loam, peat, old dung in equal proportions, with a liberal allowance of coarse sharp sand. The plants should be fresh potted in January or February, having been previously rested by being kept drier and cool during winter; turn out the plants, take off the suckers, and repot the roots in appropriate-sized pots, not larger than necessary, in order that when the first pot is filled with roots it may be exchanged for one of larger size. They require through the growing season a liberal supply of water. When the colours are showing, they should be put in the coolest part of the stove, that they may be prepared for removal to the conservatory. From the time the bloom decays they should be allowed to rest, receiving but little water; they would, in fact, do in the greenhouse until the repotting time. The period of blooming is some time during the latter part of the summer, according to the time when they are excited, and the rapidity with which they are grown. There are numerous species, but the most popular are H....