Excerpt from Alpine Plants: A Practical Manual for Their Culture Most Alpine plants are quite easy to grow, but all are not so; and the aim Of this little treatise is simply to set forth, in the case Of these more especially, such a method Of planting, choice Of soil, position, and after-treatment, as experience has shown to have satisfactory results. Any practical system for the culture Of Alpines must be based upon an intelligent recognition of the primary importance of three things: drainage, mixture Of composts, and ...
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Excerpt from Alpine Plants: A Practical Manual for Their Culture Most Alpine plants are quite easy to grow, but all are not so; and the aim Of this little treatise is simply to set forth, in the case Of these more especially, such a method Of planting, choice Of soil, position, and after-treatment, as experience has shown to have satisfactory results. Any practical system for the culture Of Alpines must be based upon an intelligent recognition of the primary importance of three things: drainage, mixture Of composts, and periodic top dressing. A brief statement Of wily these things are SO important will serve to impress the sense Of flow vitally important they are. The primary aim of drainage is to promote the percolation Of water and air throughout the soil. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at ... This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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