. Currie Bros.' horticultural guide : spring 1888. Nursery stock Wisconsin Catalogs; Flowers Seeds Catalogs; Bulbs (Plants) Seeds Catalogs; Vegetables Seeds Catalogs; Plants, Ornamental Catalogs; Gardening Equipment and supplies Catalogs. CURRIE BROS.' HORTICULTURAL GUIDE. 5 and the pot may be easily removed; set the plant in the center of the new pot, about half an inch deeper than it stood in thj old, having first removed from the ball all the loose, exhausted soil. Fill in around it with the new soil, pressing it down firmly, and leaving it half an inch below the edge of the pot to form aba
. Currie Bros.' horticultural guide : spring 1888. Nursery stock Wisconsin Catalogs; Flowers Seeds Catalogs; Bulbs (Plants) Seeds Catalogs; Vegetables Seeds Catalogs; Plants, Ornamental Catalogs; Gardening Equipment and supplies Catalogs. CURRIE BROS.' HORTICULTURAL GUIDE. 5 and the pot may be easily removed; set the plant in the center of the new pot, about half an inch deeper than it stood in thj old, having first removed from the ball all the loose, exhausted soil. Fill in around it with the new soil, pressing it down firmly, and leaving it half an inch below the edge of the pot to form abasin for water; complete the operation by giving the plant a thor- ough watering. Never repot a plant while the soil around its roots is dry, for when in that condition the ball is usually hard and compact, and the water given the newly-potted plant passes down through the new and looser soil without coming in con- tact with the roots of the plant, which, of course, in consequence, suffers. A soil composed of two thirds well-rotted, good loamy turf and one-third well-decomposed manure, with just enough sharp sand added to give it a gritty feel and prevent its stick- ing together when pressed in the hand, will suit the majority of greenhou&e plants. Plants which are known to delight in a light soil are much benefited by the addition to the soil of a liberal share of well- decomposed leaf-mould, which is either obtained out of the woods, or is made by collecting a quantity of leaves in a heap and allowing them to rot. It .usually takes about four years for them to thoroughly Verbenas from Seed. When a superior quality of seed can be obtained—a matter of no difficulty now-a-days—we have no hesitation in advising amateurs particularly to raise their Verbenas by that means. The plants are always strong and healthy, and grow rapidly> and they are certain to produce a great abundance of flowers. Besides, from a quantity of mixed seeds a great variety of kinds of
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