Gardeners' Chronicle, Part 2Haymarket Publishing, 1906 - Gardening |
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... yellow and red , 93 Ratin , a poison for rates , 443 Red Currant attacked by the Gooseberry disease , 294 Regent's Park , labelling plants in , 52 , 53 Research , the progress of genetic , 81 Rhododendron barbatum , 216 Richardia ...
... yellow and red , 93 Ratin , a poison for rates , 443 Red Currant attacked by the Gooseberry disease , 294 Regent's Park , labelling plants in , 52 , 53 Research , the progress of genetic , 81 Rhododendron barbatum , 216 Richardia ...
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... yellow as pos- sibly a form of this species ( lutea ) , and in William Paul's Rose Garden , Rosa lutea is made to include the following varieties : Cop- per , double yellow , Harrisoni , a hybrid said to have been introduced from ...
... yellow as pos- sibly a form of this species ( lutea ) , and in William Paul's Rose Garden , Rosa lutea is made to include the following varieties : Cop- per , double yellow , Harrisoni , a hybrid said to have been introduced from ...
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... yellow ; but in view of these Beans being of an agreeable flavour , and very tender when cooked , and in some varieties destitute of parch- ment , and abundant bearers , this objection ought not to stand in the way of their use for the ...
... yellow ; but in view of these Beans being of an agreeable flavour , and very tender when cooked , and in some varieties destitute of parch- ment , and abundant bearers , this objection ought not to stand in the way of their use for the ...
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... yellow , of more emphatic colour than the Hon . Mrs. Kenyon , like that which is dis- coverable in certain Tea Roses of considerably deeper than pale primrose hue , notably in the beautiful Perle des Jardins . David R. William- son ...
... yellow , of more emphatic colour than the Hon . Mrs. Kenyon , like that which is dis- coverable in certain Tea Roses of considerably deeper than pale primrose hue , notably in the beautiful Perle des Jardins . David R. William- son ...
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... yellow and dropping off by the thousand . Red rust , which I have scarcely ever seen in my garden before , is ... Yellow Rose from Palestine . - Mr . A. W. SUT . TON read a letter from a correspondent con . cerning a yellow Rose which ...
... yellow and dropping off by the thousand . Red rust , which I have scarcely ever seen in my garden before , is ... Yellow Rose from Palestine . - Mr . A. W. SUT . TON read a letter from a correspondent con . cerning a yellow Rose which ...
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Page 135 - Agriculture, the general design and duties of which shall be to acquire and to diffuse among the people of the United States useful information on subjects connected with agriculture, in the most general and comprehensive sense of that word and to procure, propagate, and distribute among the people new and valuable seeds and plants.
Page 167 - Flowers worthy of Paradise, which not nice Art In beds and curious knots, but Nature boon Pour'd forth profuse on hill, and dale, and plain...
Page 136 - Bureau collects and distributes information in regard to the fruit interests of the United States; investigates the habits and peculiar qualities of fruits; their adaptability to various soils and climates, and conditions of culture. It...
Page 135 - Agriculture to acquire and preserve in his Department all information concerning agriculture which he can obtain by means of books and correspondence, and by practical and scientific experiments (accurate records of which experiments shall be kept in his office,) by the collection of statistics, and by any other appropriate means within his power; to collect, as he may be able, new and valuable seeds and plants...
Page 131 - These sayings are true at all times, and equally true that " a little nonsense now and then is relished by the wisest men.
Page 136 - Congress, and shall also make special reports whenever required to do so by the President or either House of Congress...
Page 136 - The Bureau of Entomology obtains and disseminates information regarding injurious insects affecting field crops, fruits, small fruits, and truck crops, forest and forest products,* and stored products; studies insects in relation to diseases of man and other animals and as animal parasites; experiments with the introduction of beneficial insects and with the fungous and other diseases of insects, and conducts experiments and tests with insecticides...
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Page 112 - ... by lightning would seem to be now exploded. Six men were sheltering under a beech tree in the Midlands during last week's severe storm ; two were killed, and the others struck down insensible. At the inquest the coroner said he had specially examined the tree, as for years he had read and understood that there was no record of a beech tree being struck by lightning. In this case the lightning had not injured the tree to the extent of damaging a leaf, but it was an accepted fact that six men were...
Page 71 - The uniformity of the figures in this table is quite striking. It would appear from these data that the relative proportions of the different plant-food constituents are approximately the same for these different varieties of fruit trees. This means that, under like conditions of soil fertility, a mixture of nitrogen, phosphoric acid and potash which would meet the requirements of one variety would also meet the needs of the other varieties, so far as the supply of these plant-food constituents is...