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These all do best in a light, sandy loam, and make goodplants for rock-work. L. Bipartita is suitable for an autumn sowing. The other annuals are raised in spring. L. Triornithophora is a biennial, an...
Very elegant and beautiful hardy annuals,which are slightly fragrant. They must be grown in a moist and shady situation. The seeds ripen freely, and should be sown in autumn to produce bloom in June,...
Set the roots in bunches 1 ft. apart, and beforesevere weather sets in cover them with a dressing of well-rotted manure. They should not be disturbed, even by digging among the roots. If grown in pots...
This is a winter-flowering plant, and is easilygrown in a cool greenhouse. It is very useful for table decoration, its slender red and yellow tubes of bloom being very effective, but it does not do to...
The Lily is admirably adapted for pot culture, theconservatory, and the flower border, and will flourish in any light soil or situation. To produce fine specimens in pots they should be grown in a mix...
Charming hardy annuals which make nice pot-plants. Theseed should be sown in rich, light soil--peat for preference. If this is done in autumn they will flower in April and May; if sown in spring they...
Neat greenhouse evergreen shrubs, most at home in equalportions of loam, peat, and sand. Cuttings may be struck in sand under glass. They flower in June. Height, 4 ft. to 5 ft.
Elegant greenhouse shrubs, delighting in a mixture ofturfy loam, peat, and sand. They are evergreen, flower in June, and are propagated by cuttings of the young wood under glass. Height, 1 ft.
Sow early in February on a slight hotbed, and prick out intoa well-manured and warm border, having the soil broken down fine on the surface. For early summer supplies sow outdoors in March, and at int...
Same treatment as Chrysanthemum.
A popular white-foliaged bedding plant, which maybe increased by dibbling cuttings in sandy soil and placing them in a cool frame.
Also known as St. Agnes' Flower. Handsomeplants. The flowers are pure white, every petal being tipped with green, dropping in a cluster of from six to eight blooms, each nearly 1 in. long. They grow f...