The Garden Under Glass
Forfatter: William F. Rowles
År: 1914
Forlag: Grant Richards Ltd. Publishers
Sted: London
Sider: 368
UDK: 631.911.9
With Numerous Practical Diagrams From Drawings By G. D. Rowles And Thirty-Two Illustrations From Photographs
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76 THE GARDEN UNDER GLASS
be large, with a clear, open throat and preferably with six segments in the flower, wliich I will perhaps unscientific-ally call petals. These petals should curve over, but not so much as to suggest wilting, and they should certainly not stand up almost erect from the flower as in some
Dias ram az.—Gloxinia: x. Leaf cuttingof gloxinia. 2. The leaf cut slant-ing (some thxnk it roots more quickly this way). 3. Leaves inserted in upright position in box. 4. Box placed over hot-water pipes. 5. Leaf cutting rooted. 6. Old corm restarted. 7. Same potted up.
varieties. Where the number of petals exceeds seven the flower is usually badly formed. Personally, I like to see the petals fringed, though this probably would be a defect from the florist’s standpoint. The distribution of colour should be even on all the petals and far down in to the beil. The flower itself should stand erect on a strong stem and the number of flowers should not be so great as to cause many to be badly shaped through lack of space to develop