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(;LKAXIN(iS IN I5KK CULTLIllK. 



May 



thoroughly wliei'o llje plants are standing, as 

 Mell as the ground whert^ Ihey are to be put 

 out. If you liave faciliti(*s for doing this, 

 you can transplant right in the midst of a 

 dry time in August, without losing a plant 

 or stopping their growth. Having a hose so 

 that you can Hood or sprinkle every foot of 

 your plant-garden when it is needed, is a 

 great advantage. If you get water from the 

 public water-works, you can usually buy it 

 at so much per 1000 cubic feet. If you have 

 an elevated cistern in or on the upper part 

 of a building adjoining your jilant-garden, 

 you can catch sufficient rain water so it will 

 not cost you any thing, and th s, perhaps, is 

 the cheaper plan. 



into the garden is an txcellent plan. To 

 manage this nicely, your dwelling should be 

 on the south side of a road lunning east and 

 west. Our factory is tlius located, and this 

 gives us a nice shady place to keep plants in 

 view of passers-by, on the sidewalk, on the 

 north side of the building. Boxes of freshly 

 transplanted plants are tlius in the shade 

 until they get well rooted. 



At the right of the picture you will get a 

 glimpse of the greenhouse, shown on page 

 142; and at the left, in the foreground, a 

 view of tlie cold frame, shown on page 1.S9. 

 The plan of the beds is about as it appears 

 m lealit} , onh the aitist has gieatly enlarg- 

 ed the i> ctuies of the cabbages lettuce, 



A ROUGH SKETCH, 0[i A SORT OF BIH 



A wind-mill pump, to draw water from a 

 -well, answers nicely, providing you can get 

 plenty of water without going too deep. I 

 should prefer the rain water, could I have 

 my choice. This plan of garden ought to be 

 located near a public road, so that you may 

 get the plants cheaply and quickly when 

 somebody calls for, say, only -5 cents' worth. 

 It should be located near the dwelling-house, 

 or near your shop or office, so that, no mat- 

 ter when somebody. calls for the plants, some 

 one of the household or establishment may 

 be. in readiness. to wait. on the customer at 

 once. Having the back door open directly 



DSEVE VIEW, (JF OUR rL.\XT-GARDEN. 



beeis, etc. Three feet of each bed, next to 

 the path, is occupied by plants of celery, 

 cabbage, lettuce, etc., ready to sell to cus- 

 tomer.i. The pair of stairs, of which you 

 get a glimpse near the upper right-hand 

 corner, leads to the store belonging to our 

 factory, making it very convenient for any 

 of the clerks in the store to go out and get 

 plants whenever they are ordered. The 

 operation is briefly like this : A hose is at- 

 tached to the water-works near the greer>- 

 house door. This permits it to be' used in- 

 side of the greenhouse, or in any part of the 

 plant - garden. When a customer wants 



