. Bliss and Sons' illustrated hand-book for the farm and garden for 1883 : containing a list of the best known and most poplular varieties of garden, field & flower seeds, with directions for their culture : also, a large assortment of plants, gladiolus, lilies, horticultural requisites, &c. Nursery stock New York (State) Catalogs; Flowers Seeds Catalogs; Seeds Catalogs; Bulbs (Plants) Seeds Catalogs; Vegetables Seeds Catalogs; Agricultural implements Catalogs; Gardening Catalogs. lo B. K. Bliss & Sojis' Catalogiie. TYPES OF ASTERS. 1. Improved Fii;\vi;ied ;Ho. 418). 3
. Bliss and Sons' illustrated hand-book for the farm and garden for 1883 : containing a list of the best known and most poplular varieties of garden, field & flower seeds, with directions for their culture : also, a large assortment of plants, gladiolus, lilies, horticultural requisites, &c. Nursery stock New York (State) Catalogs; Flowers Seeds Catalogs; Seeds Catalogs; Bulbs (Plants) Seeds Catalogs; Vegetables Seeds Catalogs; Agricultural implements Catalogs; Gardening Catalogs. lo B. K. Bliss & Sojis' Catalogiie. TYPES OF ASTERS. 1. Improved Fii;\vi;ied ;Ho. 418). 3. Clirvsmitlifmum-FIovrereil (No. 402). 2. Victoria (No. 424). 4. Prize Quilled (No. 399). HOW TO GKOVV ASTERS. For early rtowering, sow rather thiiilj' in the middle of March or in April, in sood, rich compost, under a liaiiic, m- in in a greenhouse; shade from strong sun, and keep close till the plants come up; afterwaid ixpose gradually to the air; prick out when seedlings have two leaves, shade and water, plant out iu the middle or end of May. For later flowering, sow the seed thinly in a cold frame under glass, on a soil uicc-ly prepared in di ills six in<'hes apart, the hi st week in May. The plants come ui) in a few" days, when they must have ]]liMity of air, and as soon as they arci about an inch high, take the glass quite off for two or three da\ s, and then prick them out on a well-prepared bed, three or four inches apart; .shade them from the siin until well rooted, which will be in three or four days. Before the plants begin to run m* in the stem, plant them out where tliev are to stand for blooming, iu deeply trenched, well- manured soil, being careful to remove them with as much mold attached to the roots as possible; let the rows be one toot apart, and the plants ten inches or a foot apart iu the rows. If the weather la dry they must be watered until they take root: iiftn wai il keep clean from weeds, stir between the planta, and about the first wee
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