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... summer . If that does not keep them from being overcrowded , disbud them in great numbers in the winter . By - and - bye , what with the exhaustion of the border , and that from a few crops of flowers and fruit , if they set it , the ...
... summer . If that does not keep them from being overcrowded , disbud them in great numbers in the winter . By - and - bye , what with the exhaustion of the border , and that from a few crops of flowers and fruit , if they set it , the ...
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... summer , were appropriated during the winter as nice snug warm corners for preserving the plants that deco- rated the outside of the windows , and a little flower plot during the summer season . A lady , the mistress of a neat little ...
... summer , were appropriated during the winter as nice snug warm corners for preserving the plants that deco- rated the outside of the windows , and a little flower plot during the summer season . A lady , the mistress of a neat little ...
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... summer whilst the plants are growing . We usually apply it three times , about March , May , and July . You may sprinkle it over the surface so as to make this perceptibly white ; eight pounds to each thirty square yards is not too much ...
... summer whilst the plants are growing . We usually apply it three times , about March , May , and July . You may sprinkle it over the surface so as to make this perceptibly white ; eight pounds to each thirty square yards is not too much ...
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... summer , shaded for a time from the sun , and then exposed to its influence , watered freely , the points of the shoots nipped , just to swell but not burst or break the lower buds , the pots plunged in ashes , old tan , & c . , pruned ...
... summer , shaded for a time from the sun , and then exposed to its influence , watered freely , the points of the shoots nipped , just to swell but not burst or break the lower buds , the pots plunged in ashes , old tan , & c . , pruned ...
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... summer culture well carried out . STRAWBERRIES ON LIGHT - SOILED BANK ( W. R. I . ) .— If you cannot renovate your soil and start anew , pray use the waterpot most liberally from the moment the first blossom opens until the first fruit ...
... summer culture well carried out . STRAWBERRIES ON LIGHT - SOILED BANK ( W. R. I . ) .— If you cannot renovate your soil and start anew , pray use the waterpot most liberally from the moment the first blossom opens until the first fruit ...
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Seite 311 - Also he built towers in the desert, and digged many wells: for he had much cattle, both in the low country and in the plains: husbandmen also, and vine dressers in the mountains, and in Carmel: for he loved husbandry.
Seite 15 - ... that we might procreate like trees, without conjunction,' and had lately declared, that 'the whole world was made for man, but only the twelfth part of man for woman;' and, that 'man is the whole world, but woman only the rib or crooked part of man.
Seite 15 - ... me go with him to Norwich, promising to convey me back, after a day or two; this, as I could not refuse, I was not hard to be persuaded to, having a desire to see that famous scholar and physician, Dr. T. Browne, author of the " Religio Medici," and " Vulgar Errors,
Seite 196 - Children, obey your parents in all things: for this is well pleasing unto the Lord.
Seite 121 - tis true, as you say, that I've injured a letter, I'll change my note soon, and I hope, for the better. May the just rights of letters as well as of men, Hereafter be fixed by the tongue and the pen ; Most devoutly I wish that they both have their due, And that I may be never mistaken for u.
Seite 57 - The works of the Creator, and the mimic labours of the creature, were all objects of his pursuit. He unfolded the perfection of the one, and assisted the imperfections of the other.
Seite 169 - Boil eighteen pounds of white powder sugar, with six gallons of water, and two whites of eggs well beaten ; then skim it, and put in a quarter of a peck of elder-flowers from the tree that bears white berries ; do not keep them on the fire. When near cold, stir it, and put in six spoonfuls of...
Seite 311 - You might observe I sent a plate of victuals behind the screen. There skulked the biographer, ant Johnson, whose dress was so shabby, that he, durst not make his appearance. He overheard our conversation ; and your applauding his performance, delighted him exceedingly.
Seite 261 - Kewensis," of which a new and enlarged edition was given to the world by his son, Mr. William T. Aiton. In this work, originally issued in 1789, is given an account of the several foreign plants which had been introduced into the English gardens at different times, amounting to 5,600 in number ; and so much was it esteemed that the whole impression was sold off within two years. Mr. Aiton did not long survive this publication, for he died in 1793, in the sixtythird year of his age, and lies buried...
Seite 283 - Who some time made the Points of Husbandry; By him then learn thou mayst, here learn we must, When all is done, we sleep and turn to dust ; And yet, through Christ, to heaven we hope to go : Who reads his books, shall find his faith was so.