Meehans' monthly : a magazine of horticulture, botany and kindred subjects

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Identifier: meehansmonthlyma91899phil (find matches)
Title: Meehans' monthly : a magazine of horticulture, botany and kindred subjects
Year: 1891 (1890s)
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Subjects: Agriculture
Publisher: Philadelphia : Thomas Meehan & Sons
Contributing Library: UMass Amherst Libraries
Digitizing Sponsor: Boston Library Consortium Member Libraries

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other fine plants for the HorticulturalSociety, says that it is a native of the North-ern part of the Chinese Empire, and was foundcultivated in the gardens of the rich, by whomit was much admired. It will doubtless prove
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VIBURNUM PLICATUM.—Japanese Snowball. 90 MEEHANS MONTHLY—GENERAL GARDENING. (June perfectly hardy in England; and on account ofits neat habit, will probabl) become a greatfavorite in our gardens. Siebold and Zuccarini, speak of it as one ofthe most beautiful plants that are cultivated inJapan. Its name, Salsuma Temari, indicatesthat it inhabits the most sovithern province ofKinsia; it was probabl)- in the beginning im-ported from China ***** ))ut it onlygrows from four to ten feet high. I have plants that are ten and twelve feethigh. It is one of the most valuable shrubsin cultivation. Perfectly hardy; foliage mostpleasing. When in bloom, ver)- beautiful. Asyet no insects or disease has attacked myplants. Why was it so long in coming intogeneral cultivation ? H. He. on. Amherst, Mass. Treatment of Bulbs.—It is a well-knownfact that bulbs, brought from Holland andforced in our countrj, are comparatively use-less for flowers the season following. This isreally owing to the fact t

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