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  2. HORTICULTURAL NOTES.

    The Melbourne Botanic Garden is in good condition at present, both out of doors and in the houses, showing unmistakeably that the men have been doing their duty during the absence of ...

    Article : 2,633 words
  3. WORK FOR THE WEEK.

    THE KITCHEN GARDEN.--Though the temperature has been low during the past week, vegetation has made considerable progress; sufficient rain has fallen to keep the soil moist, ...

    Article : 1,372 words
  4. THE BEEKEEPER.

    A visit to a bee farm affords special opportunities for deriving information which could not be otherwise obtained by the mere reading of books on the subject of beekeeping. The Stawell ...

    Article : 826 words
  5. IMPROVED PETUNIAS.

    When first the Petunia was brought into cultivation 60 or 70 years ago, and for many years afterwards, it was treated as a pot plant, and as soon as varieties came to be produced was ...

    Article : 595 words
  6. THE TEXTURE OF SOILS.

    When the texture of the tender young roots of a growing plant is considered, it becomes evident that to ensure their progress at a satisfactory rate, the soil must be in such a condition that ...

    Article : 1,073 words
  7. ENGLISH HORTICULTURAL INTELLIGENCE.

    It is a remarkable circumstance, says the Gardeners' Chronicle of Nov. 1, that so late in the year as fully four weeks after Michaelmas we should have been ardently wishing for rain. That a ...

    Article : 1,126 words
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    Advertising : 149 words
  9. BEGONIA BAUMANNI.

    This apparently exceedingly handsome plant, of which seeds were first sent to Herr E. M. Bauman, of Bolwiller, in 1886, from Cochabamba, in Bolivia, by Dr. Saco, is now being ...

    Article : 246 words
  10. SURE DEATH TO BORERS.

    Do not hunt for borers at all, says the New England Homestead, but just doctor them a little. Make a mixture of about one quart of wood ashes to a pail of water and stir it well. ...

    Article : 181 words
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