The American Gardener's Calendar; Adapted to the Climates and Seasons of the United States: Containing a Complete Account of All the Work Necessary to be Done ... for Every Month in the Year; with Ample Practical Directions for Performing the Same ...B. Graves, no. 40, North Fourth-Street, 1806 - 648 páginas |
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... raise early cucumbers and melons , you must provide a quantity of fresh hot stable - dung , wherewith to make a small hot - bed for a seed - bed , in which to raise the plants to a proper growth for transplanting into larger hot - beds ...
... raise early cucumbers and melons , you must provide a quantity of fresh hot stable - dung , wherewith to make a small hot - bed for a seed - bed , in which to raise the plants to a proper growth for transplanting into larger hot - beds ...
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... raise the glass a little behind with a prop , when you cover up in the evening , to give vent to the steam ; and nail a mat to hang down over the ends of the glass that is raised , to break off the sharp edge of the external cold night ...
... raise the glass a little behind with a prop , when you cover up in the evening , to give vent to the steam ; and nail a mat to hang down over the ends of the glass that is raised , to break off the sharp edge of the external cold night ...
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... raising the glasses on props ; otherwise they will be apt to mould or fog , and spoil as fast as they come up . It ... raised , and planted in frames last autumn for protection in winter , to plant out in spring , for an early summer ...
... raising the glasses on props ; otherwise they will be apt to mould or fog , and spoil as fast as they come up . It ... raised , and planted in frames last autumn for protection in winter , to plant out in spring , for an early summer ...
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... raised plants , as do not button , generally produce larger flowers , and earlier . Make the bed as directed for ... raising the upper ends of the lights an inch or two ; and in very mild weather , the lights may be taken off en- tirely ...
... raised plants , as do not button , generally produce larger flowers , and earlier . Make the bed as directed for ... raising the upper ends of the lights an inch or two ; and in very mild weather , the lights may be taken off en- tirely ...
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... raised five , six , or seven feet high behind , and but ten or twelve inches high in front , raising both ends answerable to the front and back ; the glass - work to range , from the upright in front , sloping upward towards the back ...
... raised five , six , or seven feet high behind , and but ten or twelve inches high in front , raising both ends answerable to the front and back ; the glass - work to range , from the upright in front , sloping upward towards the back ...
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Página 218 - As the growth of the tree will gradually af" feet the plaster, by raising up its edges next the " bark, care should be taken where that happens "to rub it over with the finger when occasion may " require (which is best done when moistened by " rain), that the plaster may be kept whole, to " prevent the air and wet from penetrating into
Página 218 - Then take a quantity of dry powder of wood-ashes mixed with a sixth part of the same quantity of the ashes of burnt bones ; put it into a tin box with holes in the top, and shake the powder on the surface of the plaster till the whole is covered...
Página 319 - It was introduced into Salem, Mass., about 1802 by an Italian painter, Corne, " but he found it difficult to persuade the people even to taste the...
Página 398 - Dig each trench a moderate spade deep, laying the dug out earth equally on each side, between the trenches ; lay three inches deep of very rotten dung in the bottom of each trench, then pare the sides and dig the dung and parings with an inch or two of the loose mould at bottom, incorporating all well together, and put in the plants.
Página 287 - ... may be thrown together in a heap, in a conical form, in order to rot more perfectly ; and, as its surface freezes in winter, it should be pared off, and laid on one side, till the whole mass has been...
Página 439 - Weak with nice sense, the chaste Mimosa stands, From each rude touch withdraws her timid hands ; Oft as light clouds o'erpass the...