. The Book of gardening; a handbook of horticulture. Gardening; Horticulture. ON GREENHOUSE PLANTS. 737 taken out of the pots, trays having a bottom composed of strips of wood, with spaces in between, should be used, and these must be placed on blocks, so as to admit the free passage of air. _ All the bulbs are propagated by offsets, which method is- described in the Chapter "On Plant ; All that is necessary is to save these, and grow them on; many may also be raised from seed. The tuberous-rooted plants are propagated by division or by cuttings. Achimenes are tuberous-ro
. The Book of gardening; a handbook of horticulture. Gardening; Horticulture. ON GREENHOUSE PLANTS. 737 taken out of the pots, trays having a bottom composed of strips of wood, with spaces in between, should be used, and these must be placed on blocks, so as to admit the free passage of air. _ All the bulbs are propagated by offsets, which method is- described in the Chapter "On Plant ; All that is necessary is to save these, and grow them on; many may also be raised from seed. The tuberous-rooted plants are propagated by division or by cuttings. Achimenes are tuberous-rooted. They have most beautiful flowers, which are very varied in colour (Fig. 483). Start tubers. Fig. 484.—Begonia Mrs. Pereira. in heat, placing them first in shallow pans in light soil; after- wards, when the shoots are about 2in. long, place in pots, and grow on in the warm pit, giving plenty of manure. Use loam, 3 b. 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 Drury, William D. , 1857-1928; Abbott, J. M. London, L. U. Gill; New York, C. Scribner's Sons
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