Appendix II. 
FRENCH GARDENING, AND OTHER GARDENING UNDER 
GLASS. 
NTENSIVE cultivation reaches its climax for the 
present in what is called the French System, in vogue 
in and about Paris, and in some parts of England, 
where rents are so enormously high that even an inch 
of space counts, and must be made to produce its ut- 
most. It has not been in favor in this country, because, 
so far, the pressure of rent has not compelled people to 
look so much after the inches. But, if the present land- 
tenure system continues, there is no telling when the 
French system of cultivation will become,a necessity. 
In its simplest terms, the French system is hot-bed 
cultivation with perfect fertilization and irrigation, 
usually without artificial heat. The secret of it is— 
manure, unlimited quantities of it, of the finest quality 
and rotted to about the condition of leaf-mould. The 
beds are made on the top of the earth, the foundation 
being fresh stable manure that has been turned several 
times and thoroughly sweetened. Cover an area suffi- 
cient to accommodate the number of frames you intend 
to use, with great quantities of manure, so that after it 
has been tramped, pressed and rolled flat, it will be from 
6 to 8 inches deep at least. Sometimes it is made two 
feet deep. The frames are then placed on this bed, the 
manure extending well beyond them on every side, and 
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