GREENHOUSES AND FRAMES 



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The '*Gro Quick" Forcer. A miniature 

 greenhouse, complete in itself 



Th6 Clotihe Co. has de- 

 vised a very ingenious plant 

 forcer made of glass held to- 

 gether by wires. They are sun 

 catchers and should be a great 

 factor for early results. It is 

 a handy and useful method 

 of growing vegetables under 

 what it calls "cloches." 



There is a system of forc- 

 ing under bell-jars called 

 "French gardening." It takes a great deal of labor and a very per- 

 fect condition of soil, but enormous crops are grown on small areas. 

 Those who are interested in vegetable growing should read about this 

 French system of gardening. 



A new type of frame, which is practically a miniature greenhouse, 

 can now be bought. (See illustration page 326.) Double glazed 

 sash are also used, and a miniature heating plant can be operated in cold 

 weather in a little enclosure at one end of the frame. This does 

 away with the inconvenience and the trouble of procuring and handling 

 manure to furnish artificial heat. 



The satisfaction that you will get from your frames will depend 

 upon your carefulness in planning their use. Look ahead and have one 

 crop growing and ready to occupy frame space as fast as another is 

 removed. Thus, in the Fall, you should start Lettuce in August or 

 early September to be large enough to set in the frames as soon as 

 frosty weather arrives. Radishes can be planted and half -grown 

 before it is necessary to put on the glass. Lettuce started in January 

 or February in the hotbed or in the house will be ready to set out in 

 the frames in February or March. Cucumbers or Melons started in 

 paper pots can be set into frames after the Spring grown plants are 

 removed, weeks earlier than they can be put out of doors. Plan always 

 for a succession of crops in your frames, just as you do in your garden. 



For a complete work on the subject of this 

 Chapter we recommend 

 GREENHOUSES; THEIR CONSTRUCTION AND EQUIPMENT 

 by W. J. Wright. Opens with a chapter on the cormtruction of sash beds, 

 and continuing with much valuable information concerning the location, 

 adaptation, general construction and equipment of greenhouses as will enable 

 the reader to decide upon the type of house best adapted to his needs. The en- 

 deavor has been to make the volume of service to the present owner of a green- 

 house and to those who may contemplate building, whether it be a small 

 private house or a large commercial range. There are sixteen chapters de- 

 voted to structural material, methods of erecting the framework, glazing 

 and painting, ventilation, machinery, heating, boilers, fuels, concrete con- 

 struction, water supply, plans and estimates. 268 pages, cloth. Price, 

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