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Article : 91 words"Old Bender" (Mile-End) writes:—"Noticing, your generous offer of carob seeds I shall be pleased if you could spare me enough to plant about 40, ft., I should ...
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Article : 429 words"Amateur Gardener" (Torrenville) writes:—"Will you kindly forward me enough carob seed for SO ft. if you have any left? I have grown a fine lot of ...
Article : 232 words"New Mailite" writes:—"I am forwarding you under separate cover a flower of White Swan' (Hurst), described as ex-double white Iceland poppy. This ...
Article : 186 words"B. M. P."writes:—"I pat in a 'Mail' lawn about five weeks ago. The Fescue is up, and is about 1½ in. high, and the couch is just showing through the ground. ...
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Article : 329 words"X. T. Z." (Lockleys) writes:—"Some time ago you "wrote on the destruction of large trees by chopping around the trunk and pouring on a liquid (arsenic) ...
Article : 279 words"H. C. M." (Norwood) writes:—"I would like your advice in regard to my tomato plants. They are only young plants, but are showing signs of ...
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Article : 66 words"Roderick" writes:—"I have a Marguerite bush grown from a cutting, which until recently was in a most flourishing condition. Now it is slowly but ...
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Article : 111 words"H. "V. C." (Gladstone) writes:—"By this post I am sending you a. few sweet peas grown in the railway station yard at Gladstone. Hot north wind ...
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Article : 61 wordsTo "J. J." (Beulah road)—Antirrhinums, asters, zinnias, and other summer annuals are all suitable for the purpose. It is just a matter of what your prefer ...
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The Mail (Adelaide, SA : 1912 - 1954), Sat 30 Oct 1915, Page 11
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