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This makes a good window or cool greenhouseplant. Pot the tuber in good loam and leaf-soil, and keep the mould only just damp until the foliage, which follows the flowers, appears. When the foliage fa...
These beautiful Alpine perennials delight in a light,sandy soil, and are easily propagated by seed or division. It is most convenient to grow the rare and tender kinds in pots, as they require the pro...
Sow the seed in March or April, and when the plants are 2 in.high remove them to a nursery-bed, selecting the strongest first. Let them remain till they are about 6 in. high, then transplant them, 18...
Hardy evergreen shrub. Its aromatic flavour makesit valuable as a pot herb.
Hardy annual. Used for flavouring soups and salads.
A most lovelyautumn-blooming plant, producing abundant spikes of Izia-like flowers about 2 ft. high. It is suitable for pot-culture or planting outdoors, and is quite hardy. It requires a rich, light...
This singular and delightfully fragrant annualdoes best in a mixture of loam, peat, and sand, or sandy loam and leaf-mould. Sow the seed in pots in the spring, place in a greenhouse, and when large en...
Extremely beautiful and showy annuals. A rather poor,light soil is most suitable for their growth. For early flowering sow the seed in autumn, and keep the young plants in a frame or greenhouse throug...
Red Scale may be easily overcome with a strong solution ofsoft soap applied with a sponge. White Scale is harder to deal with. Syringe frequently with strong soapsuds heated to 120 degrees. If the pla...