. The auricula; its culture and history. Primroses. 68 Anothei' simple mode of preserving the bloom from rain, adopted bj the Lancashire growers, will be best understood from the following sketches and references :—. « is a lath, about one foot long, perforated with three holes, at intervals of 2 inches, b, a flat piece of wood, the broad part about 2 inches square, and with a tapering handle, about 3 inches long, by which it can be fixed into the holes in a. A nick, 1 inch deep, is cut with a saw at c. In this nick is inserted a plate of glass, (i inches long and 5 inches wide. When thus put
. The auricula; its culture and history. Primroses. 68 Anothei' simple mode of preserving the bloom from rain, adopted bj the Lancashire growers, will be best understood from the following sketches and references :—. « is a lath, about one foot long, perforated with three holes, at intervals of 2 inches, b, a flat piece of wood, the broad part about 2 inches square, and with a tapering handle, about 3 inches long, by which it can be fixed into the holes in a. A nick, 1 inch deep, is cut with a saw at c. In this nick is inserted a plate of glass, (i inches long and 5 inches wide. When thus put together, and the sharp end of a thrust into the soil of the pot, at a proper dis- tance from the flower, it forms a shelter as repre- sented by d. Draw the lights off" during the greater part of the day, and give the plants all the air possible, to pre-. 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 Johnson, George William, 1802-1886; Slater, J; Errington, Robert. London, R. Baldwin
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