SMALL HOLDINGS G5 



agricultural land. The cost would vary 

 with the cost of carriage or the distance 

 from a town from 5s. to 6s. 6d. a ton. 

 A shed would be required for packing 

 and protecting tools, mats, and other 

 requisite materials ; mats to cover the 

 lights, and a well-arranged system of 

 providing water for the beds which would 

 reach at least £50, or still more where there 

 is no regular supply. Apart from these 

 important items, there is the cost of seed, 

 packages, tools, roots, and plants in variety, 

 with which to make a start, as, for example, 

 asparagus, strawberries, tomatoes, lettuce, 

 celery, and cauliflowers. We should, how- 

 ever, prefer to recommend the French garden 

 on a holding to be limited to a rood until 

 experience is gained. It could be extended 

 from time to time, and perhaps in directions 

 which are not yet foreseen, when so much 

 capital would not be required. The com- 

 bination of a glass-house and a French 

 garden would prove of great value to 

 the latter, for many kinds of plants could 

 be started in the one and transferred to 

 the cloches or frames, and in some in- 

 stances hardened off for planting in the 

 open air. 



