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Example sentences for "under glass"

  • Sow seed in March in sandy soil, under glass, and transplant when strong enough.

  • The seed is generally sown in April on a hotbed or under glass, and the young plants set out in the border of the house in May in light, rich soil.

  • The greenhouse and frame kinds grow in any light soil, and are increased by cuttings of the ripened wood, under glass.

  • Rosemary will grow from cuttings planted under glass in a shady spot.

  • Under glass a gardener can make his climate and conditions, and therefore he can adapt his conditions to his plants.

  • Sow the seed in boxes in a warm, sheltered situation in the border or under glass.

  • The plants should be given an abundance of light in order to bring out their fine colors; but it is usually advisable to screen them from the direct rays of the sun when they are grown under glass.

  • Plants should be started early, under glass.

  • It is a half-hardy annual, thriving either in the open or under glass.

  • Propagated by cuttings of the young shoots, placed in sand, under glass, in spring or autumn.

  • Propagated by cuttings in sand, under glass, with bottom heat.

  • Varieties increased by layers in late summer, under glass, or by veneer grafting.

  • Propagated by cuttings of half-ripened shoots, which should be inserted in peat and sand, under glass.

  • Under glass frame is a solid oblong chased silver vase, 3 ft.

  • Round the sides, under glass, are displayed richly-illuminated manuscripts, while down the centre are other glass cases containing medals and antiquities, many belonging to prehistoric times.

  • Get a thousand people crowded into one hotel under glass, and let 'em buzz around--that seems to be the present notion of enjoyment.

  • It is to be surrounded with the building, with a garden in the interior, a tropical garden, under glass in the winter.

  • It will only be necessary to put it under glass to make it pleasant the year round.

  • The various Brooms are much admired, whether in the open ground or under glass, and for the latter purpose they must be established in pots, for their roots are few, descend deeply, and therefore transplanting is difficult.

  • By the middle of May this precaution is not so necessary, although keen frosts and winds are experienced that would injure foliage developed under glass.

  • This climber cannot be considered a success in the open in the south-west, but in two gardens it has been grown and flowers, but in neither case has it exhibited a tithe of the freedom of growth displayed by it under glass.

  • Under glass, plants usually do best in a temperature somewhat lower than is most desirable out of doors.

  • Under glass it is generally necessary to assist the fertilization either directly by application or by motion of the plant, this latter only being effective in the middle of a bright sunny day.

  • Under glass, plants from cuttings do relatively better and some growers prefer them, as they commence to fruit earlier and do not make so rank a growth.


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