VEGETABLE GAEDENING 17 



a chance. It is far better than summer excur- 

 sions to the country in doubtful company. 



I would suggest that the family pay to the boy 

 or girl a fair price for all the fresh vegetables 

 used, as a just and reasonable recompense for 

 the labor and care involved. 



The family gets fresh vegetables at a fair price, 

 and labor receives its just reward. Try it. En- 

 courage the boys and girls in forming habits of 

 industry. 



THE SANDWICH SYSTEM 



The method of growing vegetables of great 

 earliness and superior quality, herein described, 

 is new and entirely unique. By it, the products 

 of the garden are always earlier, and at the same 

 time of better quality than can possibly be pro- 

 duced in any other way. 



Why is this method superior to other meth- 

 ods? 



First Finest vegetables can be grown on hard, 

 stony, or alkaline soils, where ordinary cultiva- 

 tion would be utterly fruitless. Even where 

 "made" soils, consisting mainly of brickbats and 

 old wall plaster, the Sandwich Beds flourish. A 

 solid rock, a paved street, or the tops of flat 

 roofed buildings could be made into successful 

 gardens by this method. 



For best results plants need aeration at the 

 roots. If air cannot penetrate to the roots the 

 plant languishes and dies from suffocation. 

 When the surface of the ground is covered with 

 water, the plant suffers in the same way and for 



