iv.] PROFITABLE GLASS GARDENING 25 



In such a case, where one could be sure that both 

 owner and gardener have their wits about them, I may 

 suggest another alternative as a practical way of turning 

 a ruin into a profitable investment. 



It is very simple and very practical ; all it needs is 

 some industry and skill. At the outset, I propose that 

 every available space around should have a rose planted 

 in fresh, rich, well-prepared ground, so well prepared 

 that it may feed the trees for some years. There are 

 half-a-dozen roses which are only in perfection with such 

 protection : Marechal Niel, Climbing' Devoniensis, Madame 

 Lambard, Niphetos, Cloth of Gold, Reve d'Or, Fortune's 

 Yellow, Lamarque, Catherine Mermet, The Bride, Souvenir 

 d'un Amie, and Allen Richardson. These will produce 

 a profusion of early buds each spring, which may easily 

 be sold in the flower market at a good price. 



I would then cover the floor surface of the houses 

 with a rich compost, made up of earth from the field, 

 grit from the roadside, and well rotted manure. A few 

 score, to begin with, of early flowering Chrysanthemums 

 will not cost much as a first outlay. Even in the border 

 they will produce more blossoms than any other flower, 

 and with the protection of glass they will bloom up to 

 Christmas. La Vierge, Madame Desgrange, Lady Fitz- 

 wigram, Harvest Home, Mytchett White, Mytchett Beauty, 

 Crimson Precocite, Geo. Wermig are amongst the best. 



Then again, at any time in summer a thousand Tulips 

 can be had from " Van Tubergen, jun., Haarlem, Holland," 

 for seventeen shillings, and if they are thickly planted 



