96 MY TEN-ROD FARM; 



My plants cost as follows : 



200 roses $70 00 



100 heliotrope 16 00 



300 " 3000 



50 azalea indica 50 00 



100 ericas (heaths) 60 00 



100 epacris 50 00 



200 bouvardia 4000 



200 deutzia gracelis 20 00 



100 astilbe japonica 8 00 



100 lilium candidum 8 00 



1,600 violets 160 00 



$502 00 



Mr. Sawplane's bill . 1,15000 



Sand, loam, etc 50 00 



Incidentals , 10 00 



$1,712 00 



This, then, was the entire cost the day I set up as a regular 

 florist. My bills were all settled on the fifteenth of October, 

 and three days after I cut the first flowers from my new 

 plant-house. 



The first week I passed in fear and trembling, not 

 knowing exactly how to manage the watering and venti- 

 lation. After a little practice, however, I learned my lesson 

 for once and all. This is the way in which I acquired the 

 requisite skill. I hung up in each house a small thermome- 

 ter ; Mr. Felix then made three cards to be fastened up near 



