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This noble wall plant may be abundantly produced, as a longlayer will root at every joint. It will also grow from cuttings of the plant and root. Though of slow growth at first, when well established...
Before using mould for potting purposes it is advisableto examine it carefully and pick out any Wire-worms that are in it. For the border the best traps are small potatoes with a hole cut in them, bur...
This is one of the very firstof flowers to bloom, being in advance of the Snowdrop. In the bleakest days of winter this little flower covers the ground with its gilt spangles. Plant in early autumn. A...
A stove deciduous shrub which thrives best in amixture of loam and peat. Cuttings in sand will strike if placed under glass and in heat. It flowers in April. Height, 10 ft.
A hardy annual, needing no special treatment. It may besown in autumn, and protected during winter in a frame, or it may be raised in spring in the open ground, where it will bloom in June. Height, 2...