. The Book of gardening; a handbook of horticulture. Gardening; Floriculture. 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-roo
. The Book of gardening; a handbook of horticulture. Gardening; Floriculture. 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, ed. London, Eng. , L. U. Gill; New York, U. S. A. , C. Scribner's sons
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