Offsets and molding decorations were easily made, although they were quite numerous on the building in question, at least more so than would ordinarily be the case in mill building construction.
Flat surfaces or offsets could be obtained at will by either removing or setting in the shoulder pieces.
They might, for instance, arrange for various offsets such as the value of the mark notes held by the inhabitants of ceded areas.
Offsets in soil or waste pipes will not be permitted when they can be avoided, nor, in any case unless suitable provision is made to prevent the accumulation of rust or other obstruction.
Always make the offsets true and have the ends perfectly straight.
Large offsets and bends should not be made; 2 to 4 inches is as large as should be used.
Larger offsetsthat are required should be made with fittings.
Offsets must be made with fourth degree bends or similar fittings.
So freely does it bloom, that it is not only worth a place in the garden, but repays all the trouble required to establish it in proper quarters, after which it will take care of itself, by producing offsets and seedlings in abundance.
Offsets are but sparingly produced by this species; propagation is more easily carried out by seed, from which plants will sometimes flower the first year.
To propagate it, the little offsets about the footstalk should be cut off with a sharp knife when the parent plant has finished flowering; they will mostly be found to have nice long roots.
I have found the best plan to be as follows: Take offsets before the plants flower; if there are none, which will often be the case, the bloom must be sacrificed by pinching out the stem.
I may say that I have only met with one specimen which has thus proved useful in any degree worth notice, and it produced nearly a score of offsets during one season; it ripens much seed, which may, or may not come true.
It may be propagated by offsets from strong and healthy plants.
Old plants produce offsets which, as soon as the April showers come, may be transplanted in loamy soil and a shady situation.
The offsets are not produced close to the ground, consequently have no rootlets; neither, from their hairy character, can they resist rot from moisture so well when planted as if they were bald, like the stolons of other species.
To have fine flowers, the offsets should be pinched off as they appear.
It enjoys a light but rich loam and sunny aspect, and increases itself freely by offsets of the matured corms, clumps of which may be divided after the foliage has withered.
During the summer I have rooted many offsets in this way.
It is propagated from offsets taken as soon as they are from an inch to two inches across; they may either be put into nursery beds or be planted in their blooming quarters.
One may finally refer to the ingenious but improbable explanation of Choisy, who translates it echelons impairs, and explains them as offsets arranged according to the odd numbers, nombres impairs, i.
Steps or offsets between the stylobate and the columns.
Propagation--must be effected, for new varieties, by seeds, but the species are multiplied by offsets of the bulb.
The best method is by suckers or offsets which are thrown out very freely by all the varieties.
Divide, and plant out suckers, and offsets of hardy perennials, that have formed during the rains.
Divide the roots, and plant out suckers, or offsets of perennial border plants.
Propagation--is by offsets of the bulb, which most kinds throw out very freely, sometimes to the extent of ten, or a dozen in the season.
Offsets or suckers being rapidly produced during the rains, will be best removed towards their close, at which period, also, seed should be sown to benefit by the moisture remaining in the soil.
Take up the tubers of Dahlias, and dry gradually in an open place in the shade, but do not remove the offsets for some days.
It is most probably a native of the Cape, flowers with us in July and August, and is increased by offsets from the bulbs; must be treated like the Ixias and other similar Cape plants.
The Hyacinthus racemosus grows wild in the corn fields of Germany, in which it increases so fast by offsets from the root as to prove a very troublesome weed, and on this account it must be cautiously introduced into gardens.
It rarely puts forth offsets from the root, but readily produces seeds, by which it is propagated without difficulty.
If stepped-up footing of brick is used in place of stone above the concrete, the offsets if laid in single courses shall each not exceed 1-1/2 in.
These two objections to fall planting can be overcome largely by mounding up the earth so as practically to cover the vines, leveling the mound in early spring; but this extra work more than offsets the labor saving in fall planting.
From the best plants, offsets may be taken and treated the same as seedlings.
They are propagated by the offsets or young plants that grow around the base of the trunk; or they may be increased by seed.
The offsets may be taken off and set in small pots and given a year's growth, resting them the second year and having them in flower that winter.
If by the former method, the offsets should be cut off and set in sand, at a temperature of 65 deg.
Weak man demanded offsets for his earthly woes, and he had concocted them in a world of his own imagining.
That was the history of man's religions; the concoction of other-worldly offsets for worldly woes.
The offsets should be taken off, and planted according to size.
Slip off severaloffsets from the heads of large plants; set them with a dibble about a foot apart, in order to remove them into other beds; and, in the autumn, they will be in a thriving state.
By "contentment" we mean here a liking for the familiar, {157} which offsets to some extent the fascination of the novel.
By offsets grown in boxes or planted out in light rich soil until large enough for flowering.
Propagated by seeds and by offsets (bulbels) from the old bulb.
The best place for growing the offsets into a flowering size is on a shelf near the glass, in a temperature of from 50° to 55°.
In the tropics fruit can be obtained in 20 months after the offsets are transplanted; but fruit-bearing is often delayed three or four years under poor treatment.
Propagated by offsets or divisions made just previous to potting in spring.
These offsets are commonly used in greenhouse propagation.
The crown of the fruit and the various offsets or "crownlets," which appear on the sides and base of the fruit, may be removed and used as cuttings.
This should be done when the plants are at rest, and the offsets should be placed singly in pots.
Increased by offsets taken from the tuberous roots.
Offsets or bulbels are usually employed, taken as soon as the leaves dry away after flowering, inserting the bulbels about three inches deep.
These offsets take root readily, and in propagating there is no other care necessary than to remove and plant them.
The offsets are best removed when the plants are in a dormant state, placed in pots or pans, or planted out in pits or frames until they reach flowering size.
It produces offsets more plentifully than many of the genus.
It is propagated by offsets from its bulbs, and has the appearance of being a plant of kindly growth and easy management.
To the east theiroffsets are divided by the Kaloo river.
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