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In other words, we believe that every part of the coun- 
try can produce something better than any other part of the 
country. 
The common bedding crops are not mentioned in detail 
in this book because they belong more properly to the open 
air group, yet the beginner in glass gardening must not make 
the financial mistake of omitting to provide for such things. 
There is a brisk spring demand everywhere for tomato, cab- 
bage, egg, celery, pepper, beet, lettuce and other plants 
needed for early gardening operations. The retail prices of 
these things amount to many dollars during April and May. 
There is a distinct and widely-marked tendency in 
America toward better gardening ; toward the production of 
crops which lately were regarded as unremunerative on 
account of their limited sale. The increased demand for 
what were once called luxuries has resulted in a change that 
must be recognized as a new era in American gardening. 
Operations in under-glass work are in progress all over the 
United States of a size and character undreamed of a genera- 
tion ago; and while there have been failures among these 
new enterprises there have been so many conspicuous suc- 
cesses that there is a temptation for ambitious young men to 
engage in under-glass horticulture. 
It requires good brains to manage a large American veg- 
etable forcing house, and the results before us show that 
brains have won profits in such enterprises. 
From among the group of ‘‘ minor’’ crops will doubtless 
come some important business successes. 
