SIMPLE GARDENING METHODS 



One thing about a greenhouse that is extremely impor- 

 tant is that mold and must should not accumulate. Rotting 

 sphagnum and diseased or discarded plants should not be 

 allowed to accumulate, since bacteria are developed that will 

 spread disease throughout the house. 



Greenhouse men differ as to the normal temperature re- 

 quired for healthy plants. One of the most successful 

 growers of orchids that I know never allows his house to get 

 above 60 degrees or below 55 degrees, but I fancy that most 

 growers would consider this a little too low to get the de- 

 sired luxuriance of bloom. 



General recognition is now being made by growers in 

 California that lath houses are extremely useful for perfect- 

 ing fine flowers, or unusual types. Many plants that are 

 usually grown in the glass house in the East are most un- 

 healthy under such conditions here, yet are too delicate to be 

 easily grown in the open. Here the lath house comes in to 

 advantage, affording as it does a shelter from the too direct 

 rays of the sun and from the chilling breeze, and yet allow- 

 ing the free circulation of air. 



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