144 Gardening Under Glass 



of season, but are most charming in appearance 

 when fruiting. 



Ripe Red Strawberries When the Snow Flies 



Strawberries. — The modest little Strawberry 

 is a perfect picture with its crimsoning fruit 



and the white 

 flowers in late 

 winter, when 

 one is getting 

 impatient 

 about the way 

 the snow hangs 

 o n a n d t h e 

 freezing nights 

 seem to show 

 no indication 

 of letting up. 



Good, strong- 

 new crowns 

 from the outside garden may be potted up and, 

 after resting and freezing, brought into heat and 

 fruited. But the most satisfactory method is to 

 grow plants especially for forcing. Start early 

 in July and root the runners in three-inch pots, 

 with prepared soil plunged up to the rim. A 

 clothes-pin or a small stone will hold the runner 

 in place until rooted. 



A single pot of Strawberries, after a few 

 weeks' growth inside, will yield like this! 

 Better than paying seventy-five cents a 

 quart for half-ripened fruit! 



