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Title: Cyclopedia of American horticulture, comprising suggestions for cultivation of horticultural plants, descriptions of the species of fruits, vegetables, flowers and ornamental plants sold in the United States and Canada, together with geographical and biographical sketches, and a synopsis of the vegetable kingdom
Year: 1906 (1900s)
Authors: Bailey, L. H. (Liberty Hyde), 1858-1954, ed Miller, Wilhelm, 1869- joint ed
Subjects: Gardening -- Dictionaries Plants -- North America encyclopedias
Publisher: New York, Doubleday, Page & Company
Contributing Library: UMass Amherst Libraries
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he winter wecan enjoy the blossoms of many showy species in ourgreenhouses. There are many species that can not be volved in obscurity, although some think it is a crossbetween the primrose and the cowslip. It is a favoritegarden plant and deserves to be so. Its flowers havecharmingly rich colors. They are most generally usedas spring bedding plants. When used in this way theyousrht to be planted in beds where they are partiallyshaded during the hottest part of the day and a liberalsupply of water given to them, as they are very im-patient of drought. When they are through blossom-ing they may be removed from the beds, to make roomfor summer bedding plants, to some moist shady placewhere they can remain until fall. They are thendivided and planted in coldframes for the winter.In spring they are transplanted from there to the bedsagain. In sheltered parts of the rock garden they canbe grown successfully. They take kindly to pot culture,and many of them are grown in this way to decorate
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1951. Primula Sinensis (X )^). A youut! plant, as the flowers are beginning to appear. grown in the North, owing to the cold winters and drj,hot summers with which we have to contend. Neverthe-less, with some care a large number of choice species canbe grown. There are some which grow luxuriantly outof doors; others can be grown in coldframes with anorthern aspect; and a large number are some of ourshowiest greenhouse plants for winter decoration. The species of Primula are generally raised fromseed, but varieties which do not come true from seedare increased either by division or cuttings. The seedsof hardy Primroses should be sown soon after they arecollected, as their vitality is impaired if they get too dry. The European Primrose, Primula vulgaris,with manyof its garden forms, thrives admirably in a moist, deep,light soil, with partial shade, and a slight protectionof dry leaves or meadow hay in winter. It is easily raisedfrom seed. A good strain is important, if some of thevery b

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