. Cyclopedia of American horticulture, comprising suggestions for cultivation of horticultural plants, descriptions of the species of fruits, vegetables, flowers, and ornamental plants sold in the United States and Canada, together with geographical and biographical sketches. Gardening. TULIPA to be monstros'kir^, and were pit-tureil as snel iug to Solms-Laubach. no trares uf them are t in the old Outeh They were e\ hlelitlv de\ by tlie Freueh, whe did not disdain llie yellow a forms, to whieh tlu'si^ belonij, to sueh aii extent the Hollanders. At one time they were made a separ speoie
. Cyclopedia of American horticulture, comprising suggestions for cultivation of horticultural plants, descriptions of the species of fruits, vegetables, flowers, and ornamental plants sold in the United States and Canada, together with geographical and biographical sketches. Gardening. TULIPA to be monstros'kir^, and were pit-tureil as snel iug to Solms-Laubach. no trares uf them are t in the old Outeh They were e\ hlelitlv de\ by tlie Freueh, whe did not disdain llie yellow a forms, to whieh tlu'si^ belonij, to sueh aii extent the Hollanders. At one time they were made a separ speoies. T. Tiin-irn, and later said to bebvlirids, bv ( author. bet\vi>en 'J'. ,irii in iiiatn and s i/l ri:-<lrix (K. Rand, lS,;i). by auether between' 7'. :],i, â 'â ) 2594. The common contemporaneous garden Tulip The Tulip is i-i.)t at all particular as re;;car(ls soil. It will Thrive in eilln-r sand or (_'hiy. hut it can hu jij-of- italily '^vi'wix only <.u a ^lit sandy suil. us in nu'-1i tlje hull.)S incn-ase niorr rapidiv and arc hiry'rr and ni'-rc al- trarfivi- in appearand^ rlie skin la-iiii^' of a Invcly n-*!- dish lin-wM, -wliilr "Dki^o .^â rnwn in a liravy soil ;ive suiallcr and of a dirty tu'<i\vn colnr. .\on the api>roach of wr_">.ter the beds should be given a luuich to prevent the ground freezini,^ be- low the bulb. Kot that the Tulip "will not endure as much frost as any hanly perennial âfor it wilt âbut nearly all bulbs make certain preparations for spring flowers in winter, and "when the soil around them ia hard frozen this preparation cannot go on; consequently when growth starts in early spring it will be premature and feeble, and the result will be inferior flowers and a smaller increase. Upon the approach of spring remove the mulch; this is all the work that will be require<l, other than to keep the surface of the soil frequently stirred with a fine rake to keep do"wn the weeds and jirevont evap
Size: 1122px × 2228px
Photo credit: © The Book Worm / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: ., bookauthor, bookcentury1900, bookdecade1900, booksubjectgardening
