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bruise them as they quickly discolor. For 
market shipments the head is covered 
with soft white tissue paper or thin waxed 
paper fitted closely inside the trimmed outer 
leaves. 
I do not often tie up the outer leaves in 
this systematic way, when growing for 
home consumption, merely bending over 
several of the outer leaves until the mid-rib 
of the leaf cracks apart. This is not as 
neat as tieing the leaves together at the top 
of the plant nor does it allow as free access 
of air to the head; its only merit is that it 
can be done very quickly in passing along 
the row. 
GROWING CAULIFLOWER IN FRAMES 
For the spring crop in the coldframes the 
plants afe started in January and when 
they reach a good size are set in rich soil in 
a cold-frame, eighteen inches apart. Fre- 
quent cultivation must be given, but it is not 
advisable to work deeply after growth is 
well started—-an inch or two is ample. 
Avoid wetting the heads in watering after 
they start to form. The plants in this 
early spring crop do not grow nearly as 
large as those planted in the field and 
develop the heads in a much shorter season,’ 
seldom attaining a greater height than 
eighteen inches or, at most, two feet. A 
frame with a clear space under the glass 
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of fifteen or eighteen inches will answer, as 
by the time the leaves grow up to the glass 
the spring will be sufficiently advanced to 
permit of entirely removing the sash. 
The early winter supply in the market is 
from fall heads which have been placed 
in cold storage, but for home use fine heads 
may be had by taking up the late plants 
which have failed to head or on which the 
heads are just forming, transplant them 
to cold frames or to a warm sheltered 
corner in the garden, setting them quite 
closely together with the roots firmly packed 
in the soil in much the same manner as 
celery is packed. These late plants can 
also be headed in a cool cellar if it is well 
lighted and freely aired. 
SOME PREFERRED VARIETIES 
Early Dwarf Erjurt: The parent of the 
early forcing and early field varieties. Very 
satisfactory under favorable conditions; 
more robust in growth and less liable to 
blight in hot dry weather, but not as dis- 
tinctly early as the following special stocks. 
Best Early: A very finely selected extra 
early, well adapted for forcing or an early 
frame crop, as well as for either a spring or 
fall crop in the garden or field. 
Dry Weather: Possibly a little later in 
season than the Best Early, but of more 
vigorous growth with larger and heavier 
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heads. It can be successfully grown under 
more unfavorable conditions of soil and 
season than the special forcing strains and, 
in my experience, is the most-satisfactory 
variety for general planting. 
Snowball: The first special selection of 
the Erfurt type offered to American gar- 
deners and is popular with market planters. 
A very reliable early variety. 
Gilt Edge and Snow Storm are both extra 
eatly selections of the Erfurt type, the 
latter being especially good for winter and 
spring forcing under glass. 
Extra Early Paris: A decidedly dwarf 
and extremely early variety for open ground 
plantings, but not otherwise very desirable, 
as the heads are generally small and the 
curd is interspersed with small green leaflets 
Of the late kinds these two are recom- 
mended: 
Algiers: The standard European variety, 
and until the introduction of the earlier type, 
was the leading market variety in this 
country, but the plants grow to a very large 
size and must be set out quite early to 
develop heads before winter sets in. 
Autumn Giant: A popular English variety 
making a very strong growth and fine large 
heads, but requires.a long period of growth 
and a cool moist season for satisfactory 
results. Satisfactory during the cool winter 
months in the Southern States. 
Four Plans For a 50 x 150 Ft. Lot—By F. C. Leible, 
THE EIGHTH OF A SERIES OF ARTICLES ON THE “CHEAPEST GARDENS FOR THE SMALLEST 
LOTS,’ EACH OF WHICH GIVES FOUR SOLUTIONS COSTING $25, $50, $75, AND $100, RESPECTIVELY 
HE ideal depth for the suburban or 
city lot, in my opinion, is 150 feet, 
because it is about the minimum on which 
an adequate vegetable garden can be had 
with a barn or stable, while also furnishing 
sufficient room for shrubbery and a play- 
ground for children. Moreover, such a lot 
can be kept in perfect condition at an 
annual expense of about $25 for labor, 
plants, tools, etc., and will not require 
more than an hour’s work a day on the 
average from one member of the family. 
Thus the care of the garden and grounds 
need not keep either the father or mother 
VEGETABLES 
of the family from taking daily exercise at 
golf, tennis, or automobiling. 
I. THE CHEAPEST SOLUTION — $25 
‘The trouble with ‘gardening is that it 
takes a lot of time and money, but so do 
golf, tennis, music, children and everything 
else. Nobody who owns a 50 x I50 ft. lot 
ought to be content to spend as little as $25 for 
the trees and shrubs, because home grounds 
cannot be made distinctive and beautiful for 
less than 4 or 5 per cent. of the cost of the 
entire place, including house and lot. 
The first plan indicates by numbers how 
Two American elm (Ulmus Americana). 
Three Japan barberry (Berberis Thunbergit). 
One magnolia (Magnolia Soulangeana). 
. One white fringe (Chionanthus Virginica). 5 
_ Two Hall’s honeysuckle (Lonicera Japonica, var. Halliana). 
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6. Two Japan virgin’s bower (Clematis paniculata). 
7. Two silky dogwood (Cornus sericea). 
8. One Japan snowball (Viburnum plicatum, var. tomentosum). 
o. Two golden bell (Forsythia suspensa). BAR: 
10. Two oak-leaved hydrangea (Hydrangea quercifolia). 
A suggestion for an expenditure of $25 in trees, shrubs, and vines 
many good sized trees, shrubs and vines 
could be had for $25. This expense is about 
the minimum limit of decency for the first 
year. If you cannot afford more than $25 
for trees and shrubs after grading your 
grounds and making the lawn, you would 
better have a definite plan and work toward 
it gradually, instead of scattering a few trees 
and shrubs about. The dotted lines indi- 
cate a consistent scheme which applies the 
principles of landscape gardening to this 
small lot, since there is an open lawn bordered 
by shrubbery in the front yard and two such 
miniature lawns in the backyard, each of 
which is flanked by shrubbery high enough 
to hide the vegetable garden during the 
winter when it is naturally unsightly. 
Many people who live on such a lot would 
prefer not to have a vegetable garden; in 
that case the place could be made much 
more attractive by making the backyard 
one large lawn bordered on three sides with 
shrubbery. It costs about $100 to plant a 
lot of this size with trees and shrubs in such 
a way that it will be a constant succession 
of flowers during the growing season, and 
enough evergreens and berries to make 
the place attractive during the winter. 
II. A DECORATIVE TREATMENT FOR $50 
The second plan will appeal to those who 
like a formal or decorative treatment of 
