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Terms Used By Gardeners
The General Arrangement Of The Garden
Lawn Paths Beds And Border
On The Duty Of Making Experiments
Some Neglected But Handsome Plants
The Conservatory And Greenhouse
The Tool Shed And Summer-house
Roses For Amateurs
Enemies Of The Garden
The Rockery
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Terms Used By Gardeners
=Mulching=--Term used for applying manure in a thick layer round the roots
of shrubs, as a protection from frost.
=Pricking off=--Transplanting seedlings into separate pots.
="Eyes"=--Incipient leaf-buds.
="Heel"=--The hardened part of a cutting, formed where it is joined to the
original plant.
=Annual=--Lasting one year.
=Biennial=--Lasting two years.
=Perennial=--Lasting several years.
=Herbaceous=--Term applied to plants which die down completely every
winter.
=Deciduous=--Not ever-green; this term is applied to trees the leaves of
which fall off every autumn.
=Suckers=--Shoots that spring up from the common stock, as distinct from
those which belong to the engrafted portion.
=Pegging down=--Bending branches down close to the ground, and securing
them with a peg.
=Runners=--Separate little plants, issuing from the parent, and ultimately
rooting for themselves.
=Spit=--A spade's depth.
="Strike"=--A term applied to cuttings making roots.
=Pinching out=--Rubbing off undesirable shoots.
="Blind"=--A term applied to plants which turn out flowerless.
=Heeling in=--The process of temporarily covering plants with soil, till
the weather is suitable for setting them out in their permanent quarters.
=Carpet-bedding=--The geometrical arrangement of plants.
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