The American domestic cyclopædia, a volume of universal ready reference for American women in American homes (1890)
Lupton, F. M. (Frank M.), 1854-1910 · New York · leaf 408
bloom is to pick off the blossoms early and constantly, since it weakensthe plant more to ripen one seed-pod than to jdeld a dozen flowers, Autninn Sowing of Flower Seeds.—^Persons say that the finest flow-ers they ever had of certain annuals were from volunteer plants fromself-grown seeds. The… … ing. The annual flowers classed as hardy should as a general thing, fipracticable, be sown in autunm. Larkspurs and pansies are incomparablyfiner when thus sown. Clarkia, whitlavia, gilia, and nearly all the rest of theCalifornia annual, to give the best results, should be sown in autumn. To Repot…
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