jgi GROWING 



UNDER GLASS 



seed-beds in the open. If spinach is grown in 

 frames, the sash used for one of the late crops 

 of endive, escarole, celeriac, and other October 

 plantings, may be used through the following 

 winter. 



This makes five frames altogether, the cost 

 from one to five dollars, according to make and 

 material; twenty sashes and covers at say $2.75, 

 $55; manure at market price, counting at least 

 three to four loads per frame. This is a liberal 

 estimate of space, and allows for all ordinary 

 loss of plants, and for discarding poor ones. 

 Most, or all of the plants, are to be transplanted 

 once or more in the frames. Many gardeners 

 have less glass. 



Flowers pay better under glass than vege- 

 tables. A plant of carnations brings much more 

 than a head of lettuce and suffers less from the 

 competition of southern crops. But vegetables 

 can be raised in houses that are too poor for 

 flowers. Lettuce and tomatoes are the principal 

 crops in amount and in profits. The greenhouse 

 is also used for forcing plants which are after- 

 wards transplanted to the open air. This de- 



