 | Bernard M'Mahon - Gardening - 1806 - 686 pages
...trenches. Choose for this purpose a piece of rich ground, in an open exposure; mark out the trenches by line, ten or twelve inches wide, and allow the...planted with a dibble, in single rows, along the middle of each trench, allowing the distance of four or five inches between plant and plant ; as soon as planted,... | |
 | P. Agricola - Gardening - 1824 - 230 pages
...space of three feet between trench and trench, which will be sufficient for the early plantation. " Dig each trench a moderate spade deep, laying the...planting, trim the tops of the plants, by cutting offthe long straggling leaves, and also the ends of the roots, leaving the former about six inches... | |
 | Thomas Bridgeman - Botany - 1836 - 142 pages
...trench, then pare the sides and dig the dung and parings with an inch or two of the loose mould at the bottom, incorporating all well together, and put in...off the long straggling leaves, and also the ends of the roots. Let them be planted with a dibble, in single rows, along the middle of each trench, five... | |
 | Thomas Bridgeman - Flower gardening - 1840 - 418 pages
...trench, then pare the sides and dig the dung and parings with an inch or two of the loose mould at the bottom, incorporating all well together, and put in the plants.* Previous to planting, trim the plants, by cutting off the long straggling leaves, and also the ends of the roots. Let them be planted... | |
 | Thomas Bridgeman - Herb gardening - 1847 - 196 pages
...trench, then pare the sides, and dig the dung and parings with an inch or two of the loose mould at the bottom, incorporating all well together and put in the plants.* Previous to planting, trim the plants, by cutting off the long straggling leaves, and also the ends of the roots. Let them be planted... | |
 | Theodore L. Godet - Bermuda Islands - 1860 - 318 pages
...every ounce of seed so sown will produce ten thousand strong plants or more. Previous to planting, trim the plants, by cutting off the long straggling leaves, and also the ends of the roots. Let them be planted with a dibble, in single rows, along the middle of each trench, five... | |
 | Theodore L. Godet - Bermuda Islands - 1860 - 298 pages
...every ounce of seed so sown will produce ten thousand strong plants or more. Previous to planting, trim the plants, by cutting off the long straggling leaves, and also the ends of the roots. Let them be planted with a dibble, in single rows, along the middle of each trench, five... | |
 | Thomas Bridgeman - Gardening - 1867 - 528 pages
...then pare the sides, and minglethe manure and parings with an inch or two of the loose mould at the bottom, incorporating all well together, and put in the plants. Previous to planting, trim the plants, by cutting off the long straggling leaves, and also the ends of the roots. Let them be planted... | |
 | Thomas Bridgeman - Floriculture - 1869 - 574 pages
...then pare the sides, and mingle the manure and parings with an inch or two of the loose mould at the bottom, incorporating all well together, and put in the plants. Previous to planting, trim the plants, by cutting off the long straggling leaves, and also the ends of the roots. Let them be planted... | |
 | S. Sands & Worthington - 1855 - 372 pages
...together, then put in the plants with a dibble, 4 or 5 inches apart, along the middle of each trench. Previous to planting, trim the tops of the plants, by cutting off the long straggling leaves, so as to leave the tops of the plants about 6 inches long ; trim the roots to about 2 inches in length.... | |
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Dig each trench a moderate spade deep, laying the dug out earth equally on each side, between the trenches ; lay three inches deep of very rotten dung in the bottom of each trench, then pare the sides and dig the dung and parings with an inch or two of... 