Catalogue Of Dutch Bulbs And Other Flowering Roots Also Seeds And Plants For Autumn Planting And House Decoration In Winter PDF Download

Excerpt from Dreer's Descriptive Catalogue of Bulb and Other Flower Roots: Choice Flower Seeds for Sowing in the Autumn, and the Best Varieties of Small Fruits for General Cultivation; With Directions for the Culture and Management, Winter Blooming Plants, Roses, &C. &C Hyacinth is the especial favorite for forcing in glasses, and full directions for their management will be found under the head of Hyacinths. Soil.-the proper compost for Hyacinths, Tulips, Crown Imperials, Iris, Ranunculus, Ane mones, Crocus, and most other bulbs, is the following: one-third sand, one-third well rotted cow manure, and one-third good garden mould. Time OF -planting.-the preferable season for planting all hardy bulbs, is from October to December; but they can be set out at any later time, so long as the bulbs remain sound. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.