. Familiar garden flowers . Flowers; Plants, Ornamental; Floriculture. 120 FAmilAli GARDEN FLOWERS. leafy and strong. But though as far from the pipes or flues as possible, they require a tem]>erature (luring winter never below 411°, and therefore what is called a warm greenhouse is the best ]dace for them. In the early days of March shift them into S-inch or iO-inch pots, according to the size of the plants. The soi] for this shift must be somewhat rich—say three parts turfy loam, one part rotten hotbed manure, one part leaf-mould, and one part sharp saud. Be careful not to pot too firm. A
. Familiar garden flowers . Flowers; Plants, Ornamental; Floriculture. 120 FAmilAli GARDEN FLOWERS. leafy and strong. But though as far from the pipes or flues as possible, they require a tem]>erature (luring winter never below 411°, and therefore what is called a warm greenhouse is the best ]dace for them. In the early days of March shift them into S-inch or iO-inch pots, according to the size of the plants. The soi] for this shift must be somewhat rich—say three parts turfy loam, one part rotten hotbed manure, one part leaf-mould, and one part sharp saud. Be careful not to pot too firm. As soon as the plants begin to grow freely, increase the supply of water, and be careful to let them have as much light and air as possible, taking care, however, to guard them from any serious check. They may be flowered in these pots, but it will be good practice, as soon as the pots are fairly full of roots, to shift a few of the finest plants into 12-inch pots ; and when these are full of roots, manure-water shoiild be given, instead of pure rain-water, to promote a fine head of 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 Hibberd, Shirley, 1825-1890; Hulme, F. Edward (Frederick Edward), 1841-1909. London : Cassell
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