Dictionary of Flowers And Plants For Gardening

evergreen, very suitable for covering a low wall, or for conservatory decoration. It delights in a compost of loam and peat, and ...

Fill the pots with good heavy loam, water freely, and apply a coating of charcoal, coarse sand, and sphragnum moss, rubbed throu ...

exhausted wood may be cut away in April, but the knife must be used sparingly. The branches should be trained to a distance of 1 ...

SIZES. across Top. Deep. Thimbles 2 2 Thumbs 2-1/2 2-1/2 Sixties (60's) 3 3-1/2 Fifty-fours (54's) 4 4 Forty-eights (48's) 4-1/2 ...

should be planted early in the spring in rich, very sandy soil, and given the protection of a cold frame in the winter. By succe ...

roots, and making a compost for them of one-half mellow yellow loam, one quarter leaf-mould, and one quarter old manure. Place t ...

Galium.--This hardy herbaceous plant blooms in July. It will grow in any soil, and can be increased by division of the root. Hei ...

Genista (Broom).--G. Canariense is an exceedingly ornamental and free-flowering greenhouse shrub. It should be planted in a mixt ...

Height, 18 in. Geum.--Very handsome hardy perennials. They grow well in any light, rich, loamy soil, and may be increased either ...

Globe Amaranthus (Gomphrena).--This tender annual is well known for its clover-like heads of everlasting flowers. It will grow i ...

Gompholobium.--Delicate greenhouse evergreen shrubs requiring a soil of sandy loam and peat and but little water. They flower in ...

Lagenaria Poire a Poudre, Lagenaria Siphon, Luffa Cylindrica, Luffa Solly Qua, Melothria Scabra, Momordica Balsamina, Momordica ...

extending to the inner bark; the scion is prepared by a longitudinal sloping cut of the same length as that in the stem, into wh ...

leaving one eye only above the surface. Both the Black Hamburgh and Royal Muscadine ripen as well as any in the open. It is unde ...

moist soil. PHLEUM PRATENSE (Timothy, or Catstail).--Suitable for strong soils; nutritious and hardy. POA NEMORALIS (Wood Meadow ...

position, and let them remain undisturbed year by year. Keep the beds dry in winter, and protect the roots from frost. They also ...

Harpalium Rigidum.--A hardy perennial, producing very fine yellow flowers in the autumn. It will grow in any good garden soil, a ...

fine vase ornaments. They grow in any garden soil, and are easily increased by seed raised on a hotbed in spring and afterwards ...

Hemp.--See "Canna" and "Cannabis." Hepatica.--This enjoys a rather light, sandy soil and a shady situation. The roots should be ...

confectionery and medicine. CHERVIL.--An annual. Useful for salads. CHIVES.--Hardy perennial. The young tops used to flavour sou ...