04 THE PRACTICAL SIDE OF 



price. It is quality, not quantity, which 

 the buyer needs. There is no reasonable 

 limitation to the varieties of garden plants 

 which can be grown with profit in the 

 French garden; the chief point is by using 

 special seed and abundance of manure to 

 grow early crops, having in reserve young 

 plants for quick successions. All this needs 

 constant labour and attention, for every 

 square yard is cropped, while it may be neces- 

 sary to move every light and cloche at least 

 twice in the day's work for the admission of 

 air and for protection against frost or 

 cold winds. 



With regard to the cost of equipment of 

 an acre, much depends on the experience and 

 means of the intending grower. A man with 

 a thousand pounds at his disposal would find 

 it none too much to cover the cost of a three 

 acre holding, apart from the cost of land. 

 An acre will accommodate 800 to 1000 cloches, 

 and a hundred frames of 4 ft. 6 in. x 12 ft. 

 6 in. X 9 in. at the back, sloping to 7 in. in 

 front. The cloches would cost a shilling each 

 in quantities, and frames with three lights 

 30s. to 35s. The manure required in the first 

 year would reach some 300 to 400 tons, 

 sufficient for an average dressing of 30 acres of 



