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GLEANINGS IN HKE ( LILT U RE. 



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HIGH-PRESSURE GARDENING. 



THAT t;iARTi:i!-ArHK KAHM. 



Of course, tho Icnsitli of the bods and tlio ar- 

 ransiiMiUMit of tlio i)atlis and strcots will dciicnd 

 mucli on till' shapi' of tlir ijict-c of ground you 

 may he able logct iiold of. The plan below is 

 for a piece of siound wiili about, 100 feet front. 

 If you have more than 1(K) feet front, make your 

 beds shorter — say for ten sash, and have threc^ 

 lengths of tiiem: if less than 100 feet, modify it 

 in a similar way. The host> attached to the hy- 

 drant should be of sullicient length to reach all 

 of the four corners. It ought also to have a 

 coupling, or even two coui)lings, so that oik! 

 length may be unscrewi'ti and laid aside when 

 working near the center. The amount of cloth 

 that may be used in place of glass will depend 

 upon your locality, and also upon the kind of 

 croi)S you raise, and the season of the year you 

 wish to put them on the market. If yon are go- 

 ing to raise stufT all winter, say in otir locality. 



That we tuny talk about this little plantation 

 moi.' undei> . ndingly. I give you a picture of it . 



The cut, . s you may surmise, is an Ideal jiic- 

 ture. 1 hi.\c never yri liad this amount under 

 glass in just the way it is pictured. It is. how- 

 ever, as I should recommend it if circumstances 

 w(M'e convenient. The above arrangement 

 makes a sijuaic plot of the whole. There are 

 24 beds, as explained heretofore. '! ' -. )■" ''ant 

 in the middle has sutlicient hose attacuv,a to 

 reach each of the four corners. You will notice 

 in the cut a man sprinkling one of the comers 

 most remote from the hydrant. The streets 

 running through at right angles are wide 

 enough for a wagon, even w hen the sash are 

 otT' from the beds. The hose is to be unscrewed 

 and laid to one side when it is necessary to pass 

 through the middle. As immense (juantities of 

 manure are used in these beds, even if heated 

 by steam, it is quite important to have these 

 wagon-roads. The windmill and tank on the 

 hill are supposed to supply the water. In the 

 drawing, a little bit of lawn is shown between 

 the walk and the street. I suppose there would 

 be no objection to nsing this little^bit of lawn 



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ARRAXGEMENT OF BEDS FOR ONE-FOURTH ACRE OF GROtTND, FOK GARDENING UNDER GI>ASS. 



you should have sash enough to cover perhaps 

 a half of the hed.s. The other lialf may be cov- 

 ered with cloth: and as the season advances, 

 cloth may take the place of glass, as it is much 

 less work to handle. By putting up a tempora- 

 ry ridge-pole between any two of the bed.*, a 

 cloth covering in the form "of a tent may be put 

 over them. This had better be aiTanged on the 

 north side of the garden, so its shade will not 

 come over any beds behind it. This tent-like 

 covering will be very handy to work under 

 when it rains, for the very best time in the 

 world to do transplanting is during a summer 

 shower: and haijds that might otherwise be 

 out of a job can work under this tent. Spin- 

 ach, and other hardy plants of a like nature, 

 will need no more covering, even during the 

 most severe weather, than the cloth. 



for plants if desired: and it would make an excel- 

 lent place for some handsome plants, to adver- 

 tise the business. When a load of produce is 

 ready to go to market, it is driven to where you 

 .see the dog sitting. The hose is then handed 

 to the driver, and the whole contents of tlie 

 wagon can be showered in a very few minutes. 

 l}y the way, a special wagon is much the han- 

 diest for marketing these products. We will 

 consider this further on. Now. this picture is, 

 as I have said, somewhat of an ideal — that is, it 

 shows what I recommend. Ou'" own plant-beds 

 occupy a little less than a quarter of an acre: 

 but as we have a frontage on the street of 

 about 2:.'.") feet, instead of 100, we have it in an 

 oblong form instead of square. The second 

 picture gives you a glimpse of our real plant- 

 garden. 



