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. 1884 Excerpt: ...A great clump of pseonies (of such sorts as we shall presently select) on a lawn near a pond, would make a sensational effect in the month of June, more especially if started with the help of a lot of manure, and kept going by the aid of an annual top-dressing put on in October. As any mite of a pseony root will soon ...
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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. 1884 Excerpt: ...A great clump of pseonies (of such sorts as we shall presently select) on a lawn near a pond, would make a sensational effect in the month of June, more especially if started with the help of a lot of manure, and kept going by the aid of an annual top-dressing put on in October. As any mite of a pseony root will soon make a plant, it is not needful to say much about propagating. The proper time to lift and plant large roots is from August to October, but pot-plants from nurseries should be put out in spring, and have abundance of water the first season. The Herbaceous pasony is one of the hardiest plants in our gardens; not so its near relative, the Tree paeony, or Moutan, which is usually regarded as requiring the shelter of glass, and, under the best of circumstances, a most difficult plant to grow. The tree psaony is one of the many earlygrowing plants that suffer from keen east winds in a late spring; and hence, while it requires an open position, far away from walls and the shade of trees, it requires also the assistance of distant shelter, and a deep, rather dry, but exceedingly rich soil, and to be liberally aided with water Pansy.--Exhibition pansies are grown in open beds of rich deep soil. The best time to plant is during September and October. Just before they come into bloom, they should have a top-dressing of rotten manure. Papaver (Poppy).--Only a few of these are worth mention. They must have plenty of room on a dry sunny border, and they will be gorgeous enough, but short-lived. P. bracteatum, 3 feet, flowers scarlet, is extravagantly showy. Pektstemon.--Once more we light upon a splendid group of hardy plants, which are not well appreciated, because usually regarded as tender. It is true the garden varieties employed in bedding are apt to p...
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