233 GEEENHOUSE MANAGEMENT. 



Breakfast are still much used. Twenty Day Forcing 

 and similar kinds are very early, but as a rule the small 

 size more than offsets this advantage. Long Scarlet and 

 Wood's Frame are among the best for hotbed and cold 

 frame use. 



CARROTS. 



Carrots have not been largely grown in greenhouses, 

 as they can readily be carried over winter from the pre- 

 vious summer. They should be sown in the same way, 

 and require about the same care, as the radish, ■when 

 grown either in the forcing house or hotbed. In the 

 latter place and in the frame they are grown to a con- 

 siderable extent. The Early French Forcirg is the kin(J 

 commonly used under glass. 



BEETS. 



This also is a profitable crop, either for the forcing 

 house or hotbed. The best variety is the Eclipse, 

 although the Egyptian is much used, as they are quick 

 to develop and have small tops. The seed should be 

 sown in drills twelve inches apart, and the plants should 

 be thinned three or four inches in the rows when they 

 have two leaves. A crop of lettuce or radishes can be 

 grown between the rows and taken off before the beets 

 need the room. 



If given a high temperature, the plants run to tops, 

 hence the house should be kept at 45 or 60 degrees, and 

 given free ventilation. 



FORCING BEANS. 



While grown extensively for the winter markets of 

 London, and Paris, the bean has not come into much 

 prominence as a forced crop in this country. It requires 

 a temperature of from 65 to 70 degrees for its successful 

 growth and to maintain this requires a large consump- 

 tion of fuel, so that the product must bring a high price 

 to be remunerative. In connection with tomatoes or 



