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  • Most gardeners repot, or shift, as they call it, all their bark-stove plants about the middle or end of April; but this is too indiscriminate a practice, and, therefore, only those should be repotted that appear to want such an operation.

    The Lady's Country Companion: or, How to Enjoy a Country Life Rationally Jane 1845

  • All bark-stove plants require a great deal of water when they are in a growing state, and, as it is necessary that the water should be of the same temperature as the house, there should be either an open cistern in the house, or a cistern in the shed behind, near the furnace, and communicating with the house by a pipe.

    The Lady's Country Companion: or, How to Enjoy a Country Life Rationally Jane 1845

  • In summer, bark-stove plants require very little care, except to prevent them from receiving any sudden check, as, if the heat be not kept up regularly, the plants are very liable to stop growing, and, when the heat is renewed, to shoot a second time, and thus to waste their strength in sickly and imperfect growth.

    The Lady's Country Companion: or, How to Enjoy a Country Life Rationally Jane 1845

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