It thrives best in a mixture of sandy peat and turfy loam. From Wordnik.com. [Gardening for the Million] Reference
They thrive best in a compost of turfy loam and peat, with. From Wordnik.com. [Gardening for the Million] Reference
They grow best in small pots in a mixture of turfy loam and peat. From Wordnik.com. [Gardening for the Million] Reference
Soil -- three parts peat, one part turfy loam, and a little sand. From Wordnik.com. [Gardening for the Million] Reference
A violet shed its modest beauties at the turfy root of an old oak. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2009-02-01] Reference
There can be no better soil than turfy loam, without manure or sand. From Wordnik.com. [The Culture of Vegetables and Flowers From Seeds and Roots 16th Edition] Reference
Any turfy loam, or even peat, will answer; but a rank soil is certainly unfit. From Wordnik.com. [The Culture of Vegetables and Flowers From Seeds and Roots 16th Edition] Reference
If leaf-mould cannot be obtained, turfy peat will make a fairly good substitute. From Wordnik.com. [The Culture of Vegetables and Flowers From Seeds and Roots 16th Edition] Reference
Paul obeyed again, and was ushered into a small turfy space boxed in with canvas. From Wordnik.com. [Despair's Last Journey] Reference
Fill them with light turfy loam, mingled with almost an equal bulk of sharp sand. From Wordnik.com. [The Culture of Vegetables and Flowers From Seeds and Roots 16th Edition] Reference
And so the contest was maintained, and intensified when I stood on the turfy slope. From Wordnik.com. [Lines in Pleasant Places Being the Aftermath of an Old Angler] Reference
Elegant greenhouse shrubs, delighting in a mixture of turfy loam, peat, and sand. From Wordnik.com. [Gardening for the Million] Reference
It grows best in a compost of turfy loam and peat, but thrives in any light, rich soil. From Wordnik.com. [Gardening for the Million] Reference
Vipers frequent those turfy boggy grounds, and I have known several turf-cutters bitten by them. From Wordnik.com. [Types of Children's Literature] Reference
'Can you see many long weeds and nettles amongst the graves; or do they look turfy and flowery?'. From Wordnik.com. [Shirley, by Charlotte Bronte] Reference
The grass on the field was not even cut in some places, and at the top corner-flag was long and turfy. From Wordnik.com. [Scottish Football Reminiscences and Sketches] Reference
To produce fine specimens in pots they should be grown in a mixture of light turfy loam and leaf-mould. From Wordnik.com. [Gardening for the Million] Reference
The best soil for Melons is a firm, turfy loam, nine inches of which should be placed on top of the manure. From Wordnik.com. [The Culture of Vegetables and Flowers From Seeds and Roots 16th Edition] Reference
These Australian plants delight in rich turfy peat mixed with fibrous loam, leaf-mould, and coarse sand. From Wordnik.com. [Gardening for the Million] Reference
This plant grows best in pots of turfy loam and leaf-mould, to which has been added a little old mortar. From Wordnik.com. [Gardening for the Million] Reference
When grown in pots the mould should consist of two parts turfy loam, one part peat, and a little sharp sand. From Wordnik.com. [Gardening for the Million] Reference
Having emerged from the woods, they saw, upon a turfy hillock above, the convent of which they were in search. From Wordnik.com. [The Mysteries of Udolpho] Reference
Now, as to soil, a compost made of mellow turfy loam and leaf-mould in equal parts will be effective and sweet. From Wordnik.com. [The Culture of Vegetables and Flowers From Seeds and Roots 16th Edition] Reference
The proper soil for them is turfy loam, enriched with rotten manure, and rendered moderately porous by an admixture of sand. From Wordnik.com. [The Culture of Vegetables and Flowers From Seeds and Roots 16th Edition] Reference
In a clay district, a certain amount of clay, disintegrated by frost, may be chopped over with turfy loam from an old pasture. From Wordnik.com. [The Culture of Vegetables and Flowers From Seeds and Roots 16th Edition] Reference
Plant in October in peat, or in a compost of sandy, turfy loam, with a good proportion of decayed leaves and charred refuse. From Wordnik.com. [Gardening for the Million] Reference
If it breaks up rough and turfy, as much land previously in corn is apt to do, it should be harrowed or dragged until it is fine. From Wordnik.com. [The Peanut Plant Its Cultivation And Uses] Reference
Begin by sowing the seed singly in small pots in light turfy loam, or peat with which a fair proportion of sharp sand has been mixed. From Wordnik.com. [The Culture of Vegetables and Flowers From Seeds and Roots 16th Edition] Reference
Sow in well-drained pots, filled with soil composed of two parts of turfy loam and one part of leaf-soil, with very little sand added. From Wordnik.com. [The Culture of Vegetables and Flowers From Seeds and Roots 16th Edition] Reference
A rich, light soil is indispensable, and it should consist chiefly of turfy loam, with leaf-mould and a liberal allowance of sharp sand. From Wordnik.com. [The Culture of Vegetables and Flowers From Seeds and Roots 16th Edition] Reference
The seed for this purpose should be sown in rather light turfy soil, as the plants may then be lifted without injury to their fleshy roots. From Wordnik.com. [The Culture of Vegetables and Flowers From Seeds and Roots 16th Edition] Reference
He enters a turfy, cattle-haunted lane between rose-hedges. From Wordnik.com. [Bonaventure A Prose Pastoral of Acadian Louisiana] Reference
Mickleham, where the Surrey chalk runs its final turfy spine. From Wordnik.com. [Complete Project Gutenberg Works of George Meredith] Reference
Mole, from Mickleham, where the Surrey chalk runs its final turfy spine. From Wordnik.com. [The Amazing Marriage — Complete] Reference
Behind them a galloping horse drew near, softly pattering along the turfy road. From Wordnik.com. [Bonaventure A Prose Pastoral of Acadian Louisiana] Reference
This plant is always fixed on some little turfy hillock in the midst of the swamps, as. From Wordnik.com. [Days Off And Other Digressions] Reference
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