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Gardening Under Glass 



Asparagus, Rhubarb, and Chicory — the last 

 one of the most dehcious of all salads — are easity 

 grown by taking up the roots and forcing the 

 plants. They can be grown out of the way, 

 under a bench, if the space is limited. 



While these few things are easily grown you 

 are by no means restricted to this list. Practi- 

 call}^ anything that grows' 

 outside will grow inside 

 if given the space. Corn, 

 for instance, thrives won- 

 derfully; Peas may be 

 had in profusion; Egg- 

 plant will reach ideal de- 

 velopment; and so on to 

 the end of the list. It is 

 almost wholly a question 

 of space. ]Most of the 

 vegetables are grown in 

 benches rather than in 

 pots, the bench having 

 advantage of giving more 

 head room, more soil per 

 plant, and requiring less 

 frequent watering, 

 is used, it should be thoroughly 

 digging in several inches of well- 

 It is best, however. 



Com and IVas can l)C ^i 

 in a greenhouse just as well as 

 Radishes and Lettuce, but their 

 yield does not pay so well for 

 the room they take. That's why 

 so few grow them. 



If the old soi 

 enriched b;\ 

 rotted manure, in the fa 



