The Magazine of Horticulture, Botany, and All Useful Discoveries and Improvements in Rural Affairs, Volume 4Hovey and Company, 1838 |
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... soil that is already in the trench . The quantity that may be used must be left at the option of the opera- tor , as he will be the most likely to judge of the good or bad qualities of the original soil : however , I should be in favor ...
... soil that is already in the trench . The quantity that may be used must be left at the option of the opera- tor , as he will be the most likely to judge of the good or bad qualities of the original soil : however , I should be in favor ...
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... soil forms ? Where the soil is not particularly adapted to the growth of fruit trees , is it not much better to devote a suf- ficient quantity entirely to that purpose , and render it fit by deep ploughing , trenching , manuring , and ...
... soil forms ? Where the soil is not particularly adapted to the growth of fruit trees , is it not much better to devote a suf- ficient quantity entirely to that purpose , and render it fit by deep ploughing , trenching , manuring , and ...
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... soil , perhaps ditch or pond mud , ( or clay in a less quantity , ) with a suitable proportion of compost manure , spread on to the depth of several inches , and ploughed in , would be sufficient where apple or pear trees are to be ...
... soil , perhaps ditch or pond mud , ( or clay in a less quantity , ) with a suitable proportion of compost manure , spread on to the depth of several inches , and ploughed in , would be sufficient where apple or pear trees are to be ...
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... soil , as it is very likely to cause the grow- ing bud to damp : it is also especially necessary to avoid wetting the bud in this dangerous situation during the process of water- ing . The bud will push better and sooner if the pot be ...
... soil , as it is very likely to cause the grow- ing bud to damp : it is also especially necessary to avoid wetting the bud in this dangerous situation during the process of water- ing . The bud will push better and sooner if the pot be ...
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... soil - and such a mass of in- telligent citizens , thousands of whom are devoted to gardening , -we shall not have adequate support . May we receive that best of all evidences that our labors are duly appreciated , the addition of ...
... soil - and such a mass of in- telligent citizens , thousands of whom are devoted to gardening , -we shall not have adequate support . May we receive that best of all evidences that our labors are duly appreciated , the addition of ...
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Page 427 - And out of the ground made the Lord God to grow every tree that is pleasant to the sight and good for food ; the tree of life also in the midst of the garden, and the tree of knowledge of good and evil.
Page 66 - Each gang of slaves has one belonging to it, who is styled the huntsman. He is generally selected from the most intelligent of his fellows, and his chief occupation is to search the woods, or as in this country it is termed, the bush, to find labour for the whole.
Page 66 - ... the ground often help to conduct to the secret spot ; and it consequently happens that persons so engaged must frequently undergo the disappointment of finding an advantage they had promised to themselves seized on by others. The hidden treasure being...
Page 341 - Botanical Register, or Ornamental Flower Garden and Shrubbery. Each number containing eight figures of Plants and Shrubs. In monthly numbers; 4s.
Page 80 - Pomological Notices: or Notices Respecting New and Superior Varieties of Fruits, Worthy of General Cultivation. Some Account of Several New Varieties of Peara, Which Have Fruited in the Botanic Garden and Nurseries of AJ Donning, Newburgh, NY,
Page 68 - Feb.1838. c lu as a botanist, and felt myself rewarded : a gigantic leaf from five to six feet in diameter, salver-shaped, with a broad rim; of a light green above, and a vivid crimson below, resting upon the water. Quite in character with the wonderful leaf was the luxuriant flower, consisting of many hundred petals, passing in alternate tints from pure white to rose and pink. The smooth water was covered with the blossoms, and as I rowed from one to the other I always observed something new to...
Page 68 - ... had raised my curiosity — a vegetable wonder. All calamities were forgotten ; I felt as a botanist, and felt myself rewarded : a gigantic leaf, from five to six feet in diameter, salver-shaped, with a broad rim, of a light green above and a vivid crimson below, rested on the water.
Page 314 - ... library, were observed to be brilliantly illuminated by phosphoric light. During the intervals of the flashes of lightning the night was exceedingly dark, and nothing else could be distinguished in the gloom except the bright light upon the leaves of these flowers. The luminous appearance continued uninterruptedly for a considerable length of time, but did not appear to resemble any electric effect.
Page 66 - In this, however, he is not always successful, being followed by those who are entirely aware of all the arts he may use, and whose eyes are so quick that the slightest turn of a leaf or the faintest impression of...
Page 320 - If the questions were put to me who is the most scientific Horticulturist now living ? — Who unites to a knowledge of the Practices of Gardening, the most perfect knowledge of the sciences that assist it? Which of living Horticulturists. has conferred the greatest benefits upon our art? I should quote Mr. Knight in reply to them all. Whether we follow him in his researches as a Physiologist, in his luminous observations and discoveries respecting the Sap of Plants ; as a general Cultivator in the...