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THE GARDEN MAGAZINE 



February, 1910 



Greenhouses As Money Makers 



ALL this talk about luscious tomatoes and 

 spicy carnations grown in your own 

 greenhouse, is all very good for the man 

 who wants a greenhouse as genuine pleasure, 

 or can afford it for the contribution of enjoy- 

 ment to others ; but what chance is there for 

 one who wants to make it a paying proposition? 

 There is every chance! Carnations.for instance, 

 are not specially difficult to grow, are free 

 bloomers and always find a ready market, and 

 can be followed in the early spring with a 

 paying crop of tomatoes. 



We can refer you to a recent instance, 

 twenty miles from New York, where the 

 owners paid for the cost of their greenhouse 

 from the first year's carnation profits. 



Growing roses requires considerable skill, but 

 you can employ a man who thoroughly under- 

 stands the business, and soon master the 

 subject yourself. 



You know American Beauties bring as high 

 as $1.50 each, wholesale, and it is a poor 

 season indeed that won't pay a mighty good 

 average right through. 



Of course there is money in it ! Go to 

 Madison, N. J., and get a cabby to drive you 

 about, and whichever way you may go there 

 are greenhouses, and more greenhouses, all 

 devoted to roses — and every year others are 

 being built. 



You would find violet growing highly 

 interesting work. Take these houses shown 



in the cut : A brother and sister started a very 

 few years ago with a small house ; they soon 

 ordered, in quick succession, these houses, 

 each 30 x 125 feet, and then another at the 

 left, 185 feet long. Recently, 60 feet 

 more were added to both the 125-foot 

 houses. Violets have done it! 



Yes, it does take money to start, because, 

 to make a success of it, you must have 

 thoroughly built and equipped houses, or soon 

 all your profits will be eaten up by glass 

 breakage and continued repair costs. But 

 there is not an opening today, all things 

 considered, that offers such attractions, both 

 from the pay side and that of having a work 

 every way enjoyable. 



Here is a man in the City of Brooklyn, 

 who is building three greenhouses in his back 

 yard, and has given up the first floor of his 

 house as a florist's store. Just now he has to 

 buy all his stock, but in a short time will be 

 growing practically all of it and securing a 

 greatly increased profit. And this is the sort 

 of thing people are doing all over the country, 

 and many a person with impaired health is 

 speedily regaining it. 



Come and talk it over with us, or write, 

 giving particulars as fully as possible, of just 

 what you have in mind. It always takes some 

 little time to make decisions, draw up plans 

 and get things under way — so start about 

 it at once. 



Lord and Burnham Company 



NEW YORK 

 St. James Bldg. 



IRVINGTON, N. Y. 



BOSTON PHILADELPHIA CHICAGO 



Tremont Bldg. Heed Bldg. The Rookery 



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illetf s Ferns and Flowers 



For Dark, Shady Places 



There is no corner so shady but that certain ferns and plants will thrive 

 there. There is no soil so light and sandy but that some of our hardy wild 

 ferns will beautify it. For 25 years we have been growing these hardy ferns 

 and flowers and know what Is suited to each condition. We can supply 

 fernsfor the dark corner by the porch, orferns and flowers, including our 

 native orchids, in quantity, to make beautiful country estates. Wet and 

 swampy spots, rocky hill Bides, dry woods, each may be made beautiful by 

 plants especially adapted to them. Nothing adds greater charm to the 

 home grounds than clumps of thrifty ferns. We also grow the hardy 

 flowers which require open sunlight — primroses, campanulas, digitalis, 

 violets, etc. 



Write for my descriptive catalogue. It tells about this class of plants. 



EDWARD GILLETT, Box C , Southwick, Mass. 



Improved Georgia Rattlesnake watermelon is a 

 good early variety 



Set out early cabbage now, and sow the seed for 

 the main crop. Allhead Early, Surehead, Short 

 Stem Drumhead, Succession and Early Summer 

 succeed best with me. They are resistant to dry 

 weather, and can be depended upon to head. 



Plant out horse radish and rhubarb roots now 

 in rich soil. Rhubarb should be planted in a moist 

 place or where it can be easily watered during 

 droughts. It should also be partly shaded from 

 the late afternoon sun during the summer. Sow 

 the seed now for roots for next year's planting. 



Success with Cucumbers 



FOR several years cucumbers have succeeded 

 well with me, but never before have they 

 been so thoroughly satisfactory as they were last 

 season. I made fourteen hills three and a half 

 feet apart each way, and in each hill I put a handful 

 of cotton seed and a large shovelful of well-rotted 

 manure. This was done very early in February, 

 so that the cotton seed would have time to rot 

 before the cucumbers were planted. Seed of the 

 English frame type, Sutton's Lord Roberts, Green 

 Cluster and mixed varieties were planted the first 

 of March. 



When the young plants had four to six leaves, 

 they were thinned to one to a hill. A handful of 

 fertilizer rich in potash was placed in a trench 

 one and a half feet from each plant, and frequent 

 shallow cultivations were given until the vines inter- 

 fered. I never turn cucumber and melon vines if 



Cucumbers, twelve to twenty inches in length, 

 which weighed from one to six pounds 



it can be avoided, as I find it injures them. Around 

 some of the hills I placed straw to prevent the 

 "cukes" from getting sandy and to serve as a 

 mulch. Fortunately, we had lots of rain during the 

 spring and early summer. 



The vines began bearing the last of May, and not 

 being allowed to mature seed, they continued to 

 bear until August. The fourteen hills produced 

 more cucumbers than I needed so several 

 bushels each week were used as stock food. 



The cucumbers were from twelve to twenty inches 

 in length, and weighed from one to six pounds. 

 Sutton's Lord Roberts is the largest and best eating 

 cucumber I have ever tried. For pickles I prefer 

 the American type of cucumber, and consider Ford- 

 hook Pickling, Green Cluster, Boston Pickling, 

 Cumberland, and Fordhook Famous the best for 

 the purpose. June and July are the months for 

 planting these varieties, except in sections where 

 the squash bugs and borers are very troublesome, 

 when the seeds should be planted in early spring 

 so that the vines will get a good start before these 

 insects become very numerous. 



Georgia. Thomas J. Steed. 





