. Familiar garden flowers . Flowers; Plants, Ornamental; Floriculture. 4 FAMJIAAJt FlOirFHS. As romarki'd aljovOj a ]>eaty soil suits tlie Ijci'horis, Imt they are not particular. £. nqvifolia will thrive on clay, but is happier on a rich, well-drained loam. Where peat is not at hand for a plantation any good loam will answer, and, if there is any choice, it should Ije a decidedly sandy loam. As the shrubs ripen hemes in plenty tliere is no diffi- culty in raisins^- plants from seed. Rut most of them ma\' he easily propag'nted in the same \\ay ;is hollii's hy takiiio- rnttini^s of
. Familiar garden flowers . Flowers; Plants, Ornamental; Floriculture. 4 FAMJIAAJt FlOirFHS. As romarki'd aljovOj a ]>eaty soil suits tlie Ijci'horis, Imt they are not particular. £. nqvifolia will thrive on clay, but is happier on a rich, well-drained loam. Where peat is not at hand for a plantation any good loam will answer, and, if there is any choice, it should Ije a decidedly sandy loam. As the shrubs ripen hemes in plenty tliere is no diffi- culty in raisins^- plants from seed. Rut most of them ma\' he easily propag'nted in the same \\ay ;is hollii's hy takiiio- rnttini^s of the â \'oun<; wood in aulunui, .'md |ilantinw in a frame. In man\' instanrcs suekei's from the roots ma\ he removed to make plants. The beautiful variety of W. aqnifolni called Vtuliilntn iinrii we can onlv jn'opasjate liv graftincT on seedling stocks of the Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Hibberd, Shirley, 1825-1890; Hulme, F. Edward (Frederick Edward), 1841-1909. London : Cassell
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