. Descriptive catalogue of a choice collection of vegetable, agricultural and flower seeds, gladiolus, lilies, and other summer flowering bulbs. Flowers Seeds Catalogs; Vegetables Seeds Catalogs; Nurseries (Horticulture) New York (State) Catalogs. Special Cultural Directicns* Referring to the Letters which follow the description of the diflferent varieties enu- merated in the Flower Seed Department. A. Sow for sucf-essioii from M;irch to June for Summer and Autumn blooming, and again in Sei)teml)er to secure ;i display of lldwi rs from April to midsummer. Prepare the ground by digging and loos
. Descriptive catalogue of a choice collection of vegetable, agricultural and flower seeds, gladiolus, lilies, and other summer flowering bulbs. Flowers Seeds Catalogs; Vegetables Seeds Catalogs; Nurseries (Horticulture) New York (State) Catalogs. Special Cultural Directicns* Referring to the Letters which follow the description of the diflferent varieties enu- merated in the Flower Seed Department. A. Sow for sucf-essioii from M;irch to June for Summer and Autumn blooming, and again in Sei)teml)er to secure ;i display of lldwi rs from April to midsummer. Prepare the ground by digging and loosening to tin-depth of at U asl eighteen inches, and if il is not rich and friable add plenty of le;rf mould aiul thoroughly rotted manure, making the surface fine and smooth. Sow thinly, and gently press the seed into the earth, hghtly covering it with fibry soil. If the weather is diy and warm shade with branches of evergreens, and keep the soil moist by watering through a fine rose. Thin out thoroughly inunediately the plants appear, and remove the flowers as soon as they beWn to fade, and thus i)rol(mg their bloonung period. *B. Sow in gentle heal in a well-drained pan of light soil from March to end of April; make the surface smooth, sow thiidy, and cover lightly with fine sandy soil; .shade from blight sunshine watering when necessary through a tine rose. When up place close to the , and give a little air on tine davs. Wlien strong enough place three round the etlge of a small pot, and keep rather close and moist till establishedâthen gradually iiuire to air on tine days, and remove to a cold frame as soon as moderatelv strong and the weather is mild. Plant out when all danger of frost is over. T\\e seed may also be sown in a cold frame in April, or on a nicely prepared border in May, but will not flower so early. Transplant or thin out before the plants get drawn. C. Sow, "on a genth^ heat, in March and April; and on a nicely prepared border, end of April and
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