The dictionary of daily wants / [Robert Kemp Philp].

  • Robert Kemp Philp
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[1861]
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Credit: The dictionary of daily wants / [Robert Kemp Philp]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    wick out seedlings, tie up, and advance. La- jtndtr, plant. Mini, plaut. Melons, sow, prick out, ridge out, afid advance. Mustard and Cress, sow, leave lor seed. Mushrooms, prepare bed ibr. Mangolds, sow. Onions, sow, leave for seed, and advance, /’otaloes, plant. Treei (generally), plant. Parsley, sow, leave tor seed. Parsnips, sow, weed, and advance. Peas, sow, Iioe, stick, and advance. Pennyroyal, plant. Ra- dishes, sow, thin, and advance. Rhubarb, plant. Spinach, sow, thin, and advance. Savoys, sow, prick out seedlings. Sage, plaut. Tomato, sow. Thyme, sow ana plant. Turnip Cabbage, sow, and water when dry. General iJemaris.—During this month par- ticular attention should be paid to the pre- paration of the earth, both as regards digging, dunging, and trenching. The hoe should be applied Ireely and in all directions between the rows of young plants, in order not only to beat down the weeds, but also to loosen the surface of the ground, and gather earth about the stems. Seed beds should undergo a careful and unremitting weeding; as the weeds are apt to spring up very fast during this month to the prejudice of the rising plants.—See Gardening, and the Names of the various Gardening Ope- rations. Flower Garden.—Anemones, finish planting. Annuals of all sorts, sow. Aurkulas, place in sheltered situations, and propagate by suckers. Riennials, sow. Carnations, sow, and finish planting. Evergreens, plant, trans- plant, and water. Hyacinths, shelter from the wind and rain. Mignonette, sow, and put young plants in pots. Passion Flower, plant, thin, and nail up. Perennials of all sorts, sow. Pinks, plant both roots and slips. Roses, plant suckers or full plants. Stocks, sow in patches for transplanting. Wallflowers, sow, transplant, and propagate by slips and cuttings. General Remarks.—This is one of the most important months for the garden during the whole year; for it is flow that nature, after a long season of inactivity, begins to di.splay new life and fresh vigom-. Everything possessing life; whether animal or vegetable, now increases wonderfully in strength and growth, which reminds us that this season of the year, while it is congenial to the beauties of the garden, is also favourable to tlie development of that species of crea- tion that is noxious to vegetation. Active measures, tlierefore, should be taken to destroy everytliing that tends to retard and interrupt the progress of plants and flowers. Grubs, slugs, and flies should be killed, and weeds exterminated as quickly as they appear. Borders and beds should be dug, trimmed, and weeded. New edgings may be planted and old ones clipped. Gravel walk.s should be fresh laid, and kept well swept androlled. Mow and roll grass lawns so as to maintain an even surface. I’lace sticks to every stalk or plant requiring support, drive them in the ground, and fie each stem at two or three places. If there is a succes- sion of dry days the beds should be watered, especially those that have been lately planted or sown, in a word, the garden should, durhi this month, be watched with un- remitting solicitude, and tended with assid- uous care, leaving nothing undone that C!Ui assist the operations of nature and improve the vigour and beauty of vegetation. ABKIL. — Things in Season : — Fish: Carp, chub, crabs, cray-fish, herrings, lob- sters, mullet, skate, soles, tench, trout, turbot. Fruits: Apples, pears. Adeat: Beef, grass-lamb, mutton, veal. Poultry and Game: Chickens, ducklings, fowls, leverets, pigeons, pullets, rabbits. Vegetables: Aspan^us, beet, brocoli, burnet, carrots, celery, endive, lettuce, onions, pars- ley, pot-herbs (all sorts), radisles, spinach, sprouts, salads (small). A PItlORI.—Lat. A mode of reasoning: by which we proceed from the cause to the elfect. Anything demonstrated a priori is • done so independently of any actual know- ledge ; mathematical problems, for instance,, are resolved in this way. APRON.—This article of ladies’ attire is made with little trouble or expense; rem- nants of stufiT, and the least worn parts of letl-olf dresses, may be converted into aprons. If a new one is desired, the best material is black glad silk, about three or four shillings a yard; three quarters of a yard of eighteen-inch wide silk being a suffi- cient quantity to make it with. apron may be trimmed with velvet or braid, and in : order to give it a lighter appearance the trimming should be varied in width. The ’ pleats or gathers should be done very neatly.. and not drawn into too narrow a compaiss,. say about ten inches. The neatest and most. convenient method of fastening aprons is to sew the ribbons on to them at one end, aud to fasten the other end to the apron by means • of hook and eye. The colours of aprons • should be dark, and the materials plain. APTHAS.—A papillary eruption attended i with slight fever, extending from the lips,. mouth, aud fauces to the stomach, aud often : the whole length of the alimentary canal.— See Thrush. AQUA FORTIS.—A common term first; applied by the alchemists to nitric acid, and so called on account of its strong corrosive action on many animal, vegetable, and mineral substances.—See Nitric Acid. AQUA R1UM.—To construct and maintain successfully this really elegant and instruc- tive parlour ornamait, three considerations have to be constantly home in mind. 1. That the tank or bowl is free from all extraneou.« impurities. 2. That the stock is healthy when put in. 3. That a proper balance is maintained between the animal aud vege- table inhabitants. The principles upon which the aquarium is founded are very simple, and may be thus stated. All animal life, whether terrestrial or aquatic, is sustained by a due supply of oxygen. This supply, when exhausted by the breathing organs of aquatic animals, is renewed through the medium of vegetation which generates oxygen when exposed to the action of the sun's rays. Carbonic acid gas is the re.sult of exhausted air: in other words, it is the refuse of vital air after it has performed its invigo- ifi
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