80 MY TEN-ROD FARM; 



Azaleas. Epacris and Bouvardia. 



Ericas (Heaths). 



" These are standard greenhouse flowers. The roses will give 

 you a succession of flowers through the late winter and spring 

 months. The heliotrope, with care, can be made to bloom every day 

 in the year. The carnations and violets will last about four months. 

 The other kinds give but one crop in the year. As these do not all 

 flower at once, you can cut one sort after another has gone, and so 

 extend your income over a longer time. But to these I would add 

 still another list, in order to extend your cutting season still farther. 

 The plants I have mentioned will fill your houses, but that is not 

 enough. You must have a reserved supply to bring in after these 

 have gone out of flower. In order to do this all the plants on the 

 following list must be stored in your house-cellar until you require 

 them in January after the season turns. I will explain all this by 

 and by. Here is the list : 



Deutzia Gracelis. Fuchsias. 



Astilbe Japonica. Lilium Candidum. 



' * To still further extend your sales, you can in the spring sow seeds 

 of various annuals, stocks, pansies, etc., trifles in themselves, yet 

 useful to piece out your income. 



" Enclosed are letters of introduction to the parties whose cata- 

 logues I have sent you. If you purchase of them it may be of ad- 

 vantage to you to have it known that you are in the trade. 



" There are many more flowers it would be profitable for you to 

 grow, yet here is quite enough to begin with. 



" All the plants you purchase must be short, not more than two 

 feet high. You must not attempt camellias at all, unless you can 

 find them very short, in which case they would bear so few flowers 

 it would not be worth while. 



"Leave the violets till the last. When you have enough of the 

 others, fill up the remainder of the house with them. 



" I do not think the cost will exceed five hundred dollars in all. If 



