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GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



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A GLIMPSE OF THE LITTLE i:.EAN-TO GREEN- 

 HOUSE AND COLD-FRAME I HAVE BEEN 

 TELLING YOU ABOUT. SEE P. 

 453, MAY 1. 



I think the pictures will make it very 

 plain how my little greenhouse is con- 

 structed. It is made so as to cover two 

 windows that open into the cellar or base- 

 ment. The cheese cloth used for shading- 

 during the hottest part of the day, that 

 rolls up on curtain rollers, can be seen 

 plainly in the picture with the greenhouse 

 open. In the other picture these curtains 

 are shown, drawn down so as to shade the 

 glass. The side ventilators are not yet 

 operated by ventilating machinery. In 

 fact, during the summer time they with the 

 south end sash are taken entirely off and 

 stored away. There is a single path 

 Through the middle of the house, having 

 brds nearly three feet wide on each side of 

 the path. The entrance is near where I 

 stand holding the south end sash. The 

 hot water pipes run up one side of the path 

 ana down the other. They are the same 

 pipes that warm our heme, and seem fully 

 adequate to keep up the temperature during 

 the latter part of the winter. In case this 

 should not te sufficient, however, I can 

 warm it further by means of exhaust steam 

 coming frcm the factory. 



In one of the pictures you see a similar 

 c/ol/i covered strudure. This is for very 

 hardy plants in the winter, and for tender 



plants later on. The cloth cover swings 

 up, as you see, against the window above. 

 There is one window leading from this cold- 

 frame into the cellar. These openings in- 

 to the basement are very valuable in equal- 

 izing the temperature whenever it would be 

 otherwise too warm or too cold. Such a 

 cloth - covered frame can be made very 

 cheaply. At the present writing, July 1, 

 this cloth-covered frame is a perfect bouquet 

 of geraniums, foliage plants, and a great 

 variety of beautiful flowers. When I re- 

 turned home after an absence of about four 

 weeks, I raised my hands in wonder and 

 admiration, and gave a shout of surprise 

 at the brilliant and gorgeous display it 

 had put on during my absence. If the wo- 

 men-folks who read Gleanings could see 

 it just now, I am afraid their husbands 

 would have no peace until they made them 

 something similar. This cloth covering en- 

 ables us to keep many plants weeks or 

 months later in the fall without injury than 

 we could do without it. 



GINSENG, MUSHROOMS, ETC. 



Look out for ginseng and mushroom com- 

 panies that tell you how you can make a 

 great amount of money with only a little 

 labor and only a very little land or cellar 

 room. Especially look out for the compa- 

 nies that promise to buy all you can raise, 

 at a fixed price, no matter what the price 

 is. Do not undertake to grow ginseng, or 

 mushrooms either, until you have visited 

 some honest man who is making a success 

 of the business. I am obliged to keep talk- 

 ing about ginseng because so many women 

 in moderate circumstances are continually 

 asking if I think it is true that /key can 



THE L,ITTLE I,EAN-TO GREENHOUSE I HAVE BEEN TELLI^'G VOU ABOUT; ALSO A GLIMPSE OF 

 MY COLD-FRAME FOR FLOWERS, WITH THE CANVAS DOWN. 



