| William Prince - 1822 - 152 pages
...possible to the sun and light, to prevent the leaves from growing too long, or bccomihg yellow. Those intended for glasses should be placed in them about...with pure water, so that the bottom of the Bulb may touch the water, then place them for the first ten days in a dark room, to promote the shooting of... | |
| William Prince - 1828 - 218 pages
...possible to the sun and light, to prevent the leaves from growing too long, or becoming yellow. Those intended for glasses should be placed in them about...with pure Water, so that the bottom of the Bulb may touch the water, then place them for the first ten days in a dark room, to promote the shooting of... | |
| Thomas Bridgeman - 1840 - 418 pages
...restored, they open again, as they do with the return of the direct solar rays. Hyacinths and otherbulbs intended for glasses, should be placed in them about...with pure water, so that the bottom of the bulb may juat touch the water ; then place them for the first ten days in a dark room to promote the shooting... | |
| John Seely Hart - 1849 - 934 pages
...little care. For starting the bulbs, they should be placed in glasses partly filled with rain or river water, so that the bottom of the bulb may just touch the water. They should then be placed in a dark, cool closet or cellar, and kept there until the fibrous roots... | |
| Frederick Manson Bailey - 1897 - 144 pages
...or well-rotted cow-dung. HYACINTHS IN GLASSES.— Fill the glasses with pure water, so that the base of the bulb may just touch the water; then place them for about a week in a dark room ; this will promote tin formation of root. After this expose them to as... | |
| Frederick Manson Bailey - 1893 - 120 pages
...Crotalaria humifusa.) HT'ACINTHS. IN GLASSES — Fill the glasses with pure water, BO that the base of the bulb may just touch the water ; then place them for about a week in a dark room ; this will promote the formation of root. After this expose the/n to as... | |
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