Archive image from page 95 of The dahlia; its culture, uses. The dahlia; its culture, uses and history dahliaitsculture00john Year: 1847 S6 and the stem of the flower to be preserved should be tied to the stick itself, to keep it steady ; and great care must be taken to cut away any leaves, branches, or buds, that can be blown against the flower by the wind : for the slightest leaf will fray and spoil a bloom if it rub against it but a few minutes, (Gard. and FJor. h\ 29.) The Norwich growers have two, we may say three, kinds of covers, for they have solid ones made for covering np dark, thus
Archive image from page 95 of The dahlia; its culture, uses. The dahlia; its culture, uses and history dahliaitsculture00john Year: 1847 S6 and the stem of the flower to be preserved should be tied to the stick itself, to keep it steady ; and great care must be taken to cut away any leaves, branches, or buds, that can be blown against the flower by the wind : for the slightest leaf will fray and spoil a bloom if it rub against it but a few minutes, (Gard. and FJor. h\ 29.) The Norwich growers have two, we may say three, kinds of covers, for they have solid ones made for covering np dark, thus— They have also glass covers to cover up 'light : but an improvement has been adopted—a cover like a flower-pot, without a bottom, that they can cover
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