. My garden, its plan and culture together with a general description of its geology, botany, and natural history. Gardening. Fig. 520.—Whitby Lily. 1/1/ Fig. 521.— Fig. 522.—Mesembryanthemum, Cyclamens (fig. 521) are very beautiful greenhouse flowers which blossom in early spring. To obtain them in the highest perfection care must be taken with respect to their growth and rest. The best plan is to sow the seed in March and transplant the little seedlings into separate pots ; the next year they blossom well, and the succeed- ing year freely. The bulbs are then in their prime, althoug
. My garden, its plan and culture together with a general description of its geology, botany, and natural history. Gardening. Fig. 520.—Whitby Lily. 1/1/ Fig. 521.— Fig. 522.—Mesembryanthemum, Cyclamens (fig. 521) are very beautiful greenhouse flowers which blossom in early spring. To obtain them in the highest perfection care must be taken with respect to their growth and rest. The best plan is to sow the seed in March and transplant the little seedlings into separate pots ; the next year they blossom well, and the succeed- ing year freely. The bulbs are then in their prime, although with care they will grow larger, and yield more blossom in future years. It is preferable continually to rely upon fresh plants rather than to continue in perfection very old roots. I have between twenty and thirty species of Mesembryanthemum (fig. 522), which are mostly plants from the Cape of Good Hope. They may be planted out in summer in borders. In Italy and in the south of France these plants are much cultivated. One species is. 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 Smee, Alfred, 1818-1877. London, Bell and Daldy
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