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" ... frosts that may ensue, though they will endure a good deal ; and their habit is to flower after the leaf has acquired its growth before they go to rest. The Phycellas have been found difficult to cultivate, because they have been often set in peat,... "
Amaryllidaceae: Preceded by an Attempt to Arrange the Monocotyledonous ... - Page 154
by William Herbert - 1837 - 429 pages
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Edwards's Botanical Register, Or, Ornamental Flower-garden and ..., Volume 23

Botanical illustration - 1837 - 398 pages
...species of Phycella out of doors in front of a green-house, throwing a small heap of sawdust over them in winter. In that situation one of them flowered early...will be best preserved while at rest in dry sand. I consider that Phycellas should begin to grow in February, and go to rest in August. If the leaf endures...
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The Gardener's Magazine and Register of Rural ..., Volume 3; Volume 13

Gardening - 1837 - 648 pages
...by mild weather to push their leaf in the winter, in which case they suffer severe injury from the frosts that may ensue, though they will endure a good...will be best preserved, while at rest, in dry sand. I consider that phycellas should begin to grow in February, and go to rest in August: if the leaf endures...
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The Magazine of Horticulture, Botany, and All Useful Discoveries ..., Volume 3

Fruit-culture - 1837 - 510 pages
...their leaves show a disposition to wither, till the bulbs, on examination, show a disposition to put out fresh fibres at their base. The old fibres in...again when they are disposed to move. They will be preserved best when at rest in dry sand. I consider that phycellas should begin to grow in February,...
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The Gardener's Magazine and Register of Rural and Domestic ..., Volume 13

John Claudius Loudon - Agriculture - 1837 - 648 pages
...may be advantageous, to take the bulbs out of the ground when the leaves perish, and set them ngnin when they are disposed to move. They will be best preserved, while at rest, in dry sand. I consider that phycellas should begin to grow in February, and go to rest in August: if the leaf endures...
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