A dictionary of modern gardening - University Library

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of all plants, as requisite, either with a I being drawn up about the stems. At
sponge or by watering.— J^nfer, soft the close of July or early in August, cut
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i and warm as the house, apply as requi- the stems off about their middle, to adsite;
in pots, &c., keep constantly in mit more freely the air and light, and
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the house.
in other respects to be beneficial to the
tubers.
GREEN-HOUSE.
They may be taken up as wanted
Air, admit at every favourable time, during September; and in October, or
when the temperature outside is above as soon as the stems have withered,
32°. Earth in the pots and borders, i entirely, for preservation in sand tor
stir frequently. Fires to exclude frost ! winter's use. They should be raised
for the small-
and damp should be lighted as required ;
day temp. 50°, night temp. 40°.—fogs,
especially exclude. Leaves, wash,
when foiil ; (decayed), remove as they
as completely as possible ;
est piece of tuber will vegetate and appear
in the spring. It is for this reason
that they are often allotted some remote
corner of the garden ; but their culinary
merits certainly demand a more favourable
treatment.
JERUSALEM SAGE. Fhlomis fructicosa.
JET D'EAU. See Fountain.
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appear. Succulent Plants now scarcely
require any water. Water sparingly,
and in mild weather, and about noon.
Windows, keep closed both in foggy
and frosty weather; cover with mats
or shutters in rigorous seasons, even
in the day time.
JASIONE. Two species. Hardy
herbaceous. Seed. Division and cuttings.
Peat.
JASMINUM. Jasmine. Thirty-two
species. Stove, green-house, and hardy
climbers, twiners, and shrubs. Ripe
cuttings. The stove and green-house
species require sandy loam and peat,
but the hardy species any common soil.
JEFFERSONIA diphylla. Hardy
herbaceous. Seed and division. Com-
JOHNIA. Two species. Stove evergreens
; one a climber, the other shrubby.
Ripe cuttings. Loam and peat.
JOLLIFFIA africana. Stove evergreen
twiner. Cuttings of flowering
shoots. Sandy loam and peat.
JONESIA. Two species. Stove
evergreens; one climbing, the other a
tree. Cuttings. Sandy loam and peat.
JONQUILLE. See Narcissus.
JOSSINIA orbiculata. Stove evergreen
shrub. Cuttings. Loam and
mon soil.
peat.
JERSEY THISTLE. Centaurea is- JOVE'S FRUIT. Laurvs diospyros.
nardi.
JUDAS TREE. Cercis.
JERUSALEM ARTICHOKE. He- JUGLANS. Walnut tree. Five spelianthus
tuherosus.
cies, besides varieties. Hardy decidu-
Soil and situation.—It flourishes most ous trees. Seed and grafts. Rich loam.
in a rich light soil with an open expo- See Walnut.
sure. Trees are particularly inimical JULUS. Snake millipede.
to its growth.
J. terrestris.— Has about two hundred
Time and Mode of Planting. As it legs. Lead colour. Scaly, like wood-
never ripens its seed here, though it louse. Eats the roots of the pansy.
blossoms sometimes in October, the J. pulchellus.—Ochreous colour, with
only mode of propagation is by plant- crimson spots down its sides. Legs,
ing the middle-sized bulbs, or cuttings about 170. Attacks roots of beans,
of the large ones, one or two eyes being cabbages, peas, and scarlet beans,
preserved in each. These are planted J. complanatus. Lilac colour. Sixty
towards the end of March, though it legs.— Card. Chron.
may be performed in February, or even JULY is a busy month, as will appear
preferably in October.
from the following directions:
They are inserted by the dibble in
rows three feet by two feet apart, and
KITCHEN GARDEN.
four inches deep. They make their Alexanders, earth up.— Artichokes,
appearance above ground about the attend to. — Asparagus-beds, clean ;
middle of May. The only attention leave oft' cutting from. Beans, plant,
necessary is to keep them free from b.; leave some in production for seed.
weeds, and an occasional hoeing to, Beet {Red), , ,, thin, b.; (Green and White),
loosen the surface, a little of the earth sosv, h.—Borage, sow, e.—Borecole,
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