Gardening for ladies, and, Companion to the flower-garden . ; some being onlylarge enough to hold two or threeflower-pots, and others, as jig. , to suit the taste. Though elegantobjects in a garden or under a ve-randa, they are not well adapted forkeeping plants in a healthy state ;as, from the pots in them being ex-posed to the sun and air on all sides,the roots are liable to become with-ered by the alterations in tempera,ture. It is therefore generally ad-visable to keep all the plants inflower-stands in double pots, or tofill the interstices between the potsin the stand with moss. Genera
Gardening for ladies, and, Companion to the flower-garden . ; some being onlylarge enough to hold two or threeflower-pots, and others, as jig. , to suit the taste. Though elegantobjects in a garden or under a ve-randa, they are not well adapted forkeeping plants in a healthy state ;as, from the pots in them being ex-posed to the sun and air on all sides,the roots are liable to become with-ered by the alterations in tempera,ture. It is therefore generally ad-visable to keep all the plants inflower-stands in double pots, or tofill the interstices between the potsin the stand with moss. Generallyspeaking, the observations alreadygiven respecting plants in balco-nies apply to plants kept on flower-i stands. Fly Hoxeysuckle.—The upright! shrubby species of Honeysuckle,I such as Lonicera xylosteum, thecommon Fly Honeysuckle, and , the Tartarian Honey-suckle.—See LoxicERA. Fly O^piirys.—See O^^^/cece.—A shrubor low tree, resembling in its gen-eral appearance the common Privet,but with handsomer flowers, which. Fig. 21.—Wire Flower-Stand. consisting of several tiers, and hold-ing almost as many plants as asmall greenhouse. They vary verymuch in form, and may be designed are first , but afterwardsbecome of a brownish yellow. Itis a native of Syria, where its leavesremain on all the year; but in theclimates of Loudon and Paris theydrop off in the course of the will grow in any common gardensoil, and it is propagated by layers,cuttings, and grafting on the —See Earwig. FORGET-ME-XOT. MyOSOtis pU lusfris.—A British plant worth cul-tivating for its blue flowers, as wellas for its name. It is a marshplant, and should be grown nearwater. M. sylvdtica has smallerflowers, and of a paler blue. Theother plants belonging to the genusMyosotts are known by the popularEnglish names of Scorpion-grassand Mouse-ear. Forking. — A mode of stirringthe ground so as to admit air andmoisture to the roots of plants,
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