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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POTTING AND POTTING SOILS 219 the tips are seen. The amaryllis should only have half its bulb buried ; the cyclamen should be covered rather
Diagram 45.—Potting Plants: 1. Depth to pot narcissi and tulips, 2. Depth to pot amaryllis. 3. Potting a cattleya (orchid). 4. Depth to pot cyclamen. 5. Depth to pot liliums, allowing space for top-dressings. 6. Bad potting. Not sufficient drainage; ball of soil too deep; no space left for watermg.
more than three parts ; the lily should be potted deeply in a large pot and be scarcely covered, room being allowed for top-dressing.
Mistakes in Potting Plants
There are so many wrong ways of doing a thing that it is hardly likely that the right way will be found at the first attempt. Even in such an apparently simple affair as potting a plant there are numerous errors into which the novice may fall. The following are the most common