Englishwoman's Domestic Magazine,  1 (1852–53), 61.

The Fruit and Summer Garden

Anon

Genre:

Regular Feature, Notes, Instructions

Subjects:

Botany, Horticulture, Electrochemistry, Heat, Instruments, Domestic Economy


    Explains how to exclude worms from flowerpots. Notes that worms have a 'great antipathy to zinc' owing to their 'galvanic influence'. Advises procuring a Fahrenheit thermometer for measuring the amount of heat in a plant hot-bed.



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