This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1866 Excerpt: ...settle by the time for planting the roots--towards the end of February. The earth should at the time be just so moist that if a handful be squeezed and let fall it will go in pieces. Bake the surface fine, and plant the roots, two inches deep, and five inches apart. Choose a fine day for planting, and sprinkle a little ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1866 Excerpt: ...settle by the time for planting the roots--towards the end of February. The earth should at the time be just so moist that if a handful be squeezed and let fall it will go in pieces. Bake the surface fine, and plant the roots, two inches deep, and five inches apart. Choose a fine day for planting, and sprinkle a little sand in the drills made for the roots before planting them. When the roots are placed and partly covered, fill in just over the crowns with sand. When the plants begin to grow, press the earth firmly about them, and the bed must be protected from frost and heavy rain: the best protection is some waterproof covering over hoops. During April and May a little watering may be necessary, and a little tan or moss spread between the rows to keep the soil sufficiently moist. When the flowers come they must be protected from sun and rain by an awning, and the roots will then want watering every second or third evening. July is the flowering season. In a wet season the roots should be taken up when they turn yellow, but in a dry one they may remain in the earth until the leaves are brown. Take them up as dry as can be, and let them dry off quite in a warm place, not in the sun, when they may be put by. New sorts may easily be raised from seed. Save from none but flowers which are good in form and colour. Sow in boxes, in February, about the eighth of an inch apart; cover the seed thinly, water with a fine rose, and keep the boxes in-doors, but without heat. Let them have air, but protect them from frost. When the young plants are grown, sink the boxes in the open ground, and water them until the leaves wither, which will be about July, and after that take up the roots, keep them in bags until February, plant them then, and they will flower the June aft...
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