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Practical advice on growing food and flowers, improving soil, and making the most of small spaces. Start anywhere — the garden will meet you.
The Chrysanthemum will grow in any good mould, anaturally good soil being often preferable to an artificial one. Where the ground is not in good condition a compost may be made of one-half rich loam a...
A free-flowering, hardy, herbaceous plant,best grown in loam and peat. Its deep-golden, star-shaped flowers are produced from June to September. Cuttings of ripened wood planted in sand and subjected...
This is a hardy herbaceous plant producing blueflowers in July. It will grow in any soil and needs no special treatment. Seeds may be sown either in autumn or spring. Height, 2 ft.
These hardy herbaceous plants will flourish in any goodgarden soil and are easily raised from seed, or they may be increased by dividing the roots. Various species produce their flowers from May to Se...
These grow well in a soil composed of equal parts of richloam, leaf-mould, and thoroughly rotted horse-dung, liberally mixed with sharp sand. They are increased by seed, cuttings, or off-sets. The see...
This is a stove or greenhouse plant, and requires aloam and peat soil. Cuttings of the ripe wood strike freely.
Useful climbing plants which delight in a light,rich soil. They are increased by cuttings planted under glass and kept in a gentle, moist heat.
A compost of loam and peat suits thesebeautiful evergreen shrubs. They may be increased by layers, ripe cuttings covered with a hand-glass, or seed. Though the plants are pretty hardy it is advisable...
A greenhouse evergreen tree, requiring a rich loamysoil. Very little water should be given it while in a growing state. It is generally budded on an orange or lemon tree and plunged in a bottom-heat....
The annuals may be sown in the open in April to flower inJuly. The greenhouse evergreens may be propagated by cuttings under glass. These produce flowers in June.
These hardy annuals make a pretty display in the bordersduring summer. Seed ripens plentifully, and merely requires sowing in the open in March, or in September if protected in winter. The bloom lasts...
A hardy herbaceous plant which yields lightyellow flowers in June. It is not particular as to soil, and may be raised from seed sown either in autumn or spring. It stands division of the root. Height,...