This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1857 Excerpt: ...and many varieties. A good selection of these plants may be made by applying to some of the great cultivators, as Messrs. Henderson and Co., and others. The following plan, mentioned in the 'Floricultural Magazine/ seems a simple and efficient method of cultivating Pelargoniums. After they have flowered, which is ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1857 Excerpt: ...and many varieties. A good selection of these plants may be made by applying to some of the great cultivators, as Messrs. Henderson and Co., and others. The following plan, mentioned in the 'Floricultural Magazine/ seems a simple and efficient method of cultivating Pelargoniums. After they have flowered, which is generally by the middle of August, they should be cut down rather close, they will then put out fresh shoots; when these are about a quarter of an inch long, take them out of the pots, remove the earth from the roots, thin the main roots, and shorten the others, so as to make them small enough for small-sized pots; plant them in these with fresh earth, and put them into a cool frame or pit, shutting them up close till they are well established; then expose them to the air to harden, and take them into the greenhouse when the cold weather arrives: in the spring they require moving into larger pots, and by repotting them during the summer several times, a succession of flowers may be kept up for some months. The soil should be loam, peat, and manure. CARYOPHYLLACEM. Exogens, with symmetrical flowers and conspicuous corolla. Divisions of calyx four or five, or united into a tube, not falling off. Petals four or five or more, frequently split at the edges into two parts. Stamens usually twice as many as the petals, or equal, or fewer. Leaves entire.--Herbaceous plants generally, inhabiting principally temperate and cold climates, or, if hot, growing in elevated situations; properties slightly medicinal; flowers showy. DIANTHUS. (carnation, Pink.) Gen. Char. (Decandria Digynia.) Calyx cylindrical, one-leaved, with scales at the base; petals five, clawed; stamens ten; styles two; capsule cylindrical, one-celled. The name of this favourite flower is deriv...
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