Author : Peter Henderson And Company
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9780364299074
Total Pages : 94 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (99 download)
Book Synopsis Peter Henderson Co. 'S 1900 Autumn Catalogue of Bulbs, Plants and Seeds, for Fall Planting and Sowing (Classic Reprint) by : Peter Henderson And Company
Download or read book Peter Henderson Co. 'S 1900 Autumn Catalogue of Bulbs, Plants and Seeds, for Fall Planting and Sowing (Classic Reprint) written by Peter Henderson And Company and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-03-10 with total page 94 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Peter Henderson Co. 'S 1900 Autumn Catalogue of Bulbs, Plants and Seeds, for Fall Planting and Sowing The term Bulbs, as popularly understood. Designates a class of flowering and ornamental-leaved plants in their dormant condition, the flowers, foliage and roots having completed their growth. Ripened on and died away, leaving a thickened. fleshy, bulbous root, tuber, corm, rhizome or pip. As the various types of bulbs are botanically named. But in all of which there were formed after flowering and before maturity, a bud or buds containing new sets of flowers. Stems. Leaves, etc which are protected and sustained within the succulent bulb by the reserve food and energy collected and stored therein by the plant before ripeningforits successors' requirements during the next growing and flowering period. It is during this dormant state of rest, lasting, approximately, for from three to six months, that bulbs are taken out of the ground - sold, shipped and repl'anted. Like so many potatoes after which, conditions being congenial. The incipient plant and flowers develop with as much perfection as if the bulb had remained in its original environment. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com 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.
