THE FLOWER GROWER'S GUIDE. 



Frames. 



A supply of portable glazed frames is almost indispensable to the plant grower. 

 In a small state many plants are not proof against the heat and dryness of greenhouse 

 shelves and stagings, and unheated frames are the best places for them, as well as for 

 many larger plants that require to be kept cool during the summer. Being movable, 

 frames can be shifted from one place to another to suit the plants occupying them. 

 The ordinary box two-light or three-light frames are still much in use, and will never 

 be wholly dispensed with. They ought not to be large and unwieldy, but should 

 combine durability with strength, without being actually heavy. No mistake will be 

 made in ordering or making the lights 6 feet by 4 feet. 



Span-roofed frames have of late years come to the front. There are several forms of 



these ; that designed by Messrs. Foster and 

 Pearson, Chilwell, Nottingham (see Fig. 67), 

 combines all the latest improvements, and may 

 be said to be one of the best. It has a ridge or 

 cap ventilator, which permits moist or heated 

 air to escape without an inrush of either cold air 

 or rain, while the lights swing on a pivot, 

 and can be fixed, by an ingenious arrange- 

 ment, partially or widely open with little trouble on the part of those in charge of 

 the frames. 



GREENHOUSE MANAGEMENT. 

 After providing the means, it is incumbent that we make the best use of them. The 

 best of means may be nullified by errors in management ; and it is notorious that many 

 persons succeed better with rough makeshift appliances than do others who are provided 

 with the most modern conveniences. The routine to be followed necessarily varies 

 with the seasons, and it should never be forgotten that it is by attention to small details, 

 given at the right time, that the greatest success is achieved in the cultivation of 

 plants as in other affairs of life. A few hints, then, bearing on the subject in hand, may 

 be helpful to the inexperienced. 



Spring. 



Spring is a busy time in the garden. It is then, too, when greenhouses are usually 

 in an attractive state. At this and at all other times cleanliness ought to prevail, and, in 



