IN VEGETABLE FORCING STRUCTURES, ETC. 
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If any advantage could accrue from the further pursuit of our subject in this manner, 
abundant materials are extant wherewith to pursue it, but convinced of the inutility of such 
a course, and moreover, that so far from any material good arising, considerable harm 
might perhaps result from following it up, we will dismiss the allusions that have been 
already directed with this observation, in justification of what has been now advanced, 
namely ; that the interests of employer and employed are alike so intimately blended, and 
so equally involved in the importance of allowing ample means for the obtainment of all 
the desiderata appertaining to an extensive establishment, and the most equitable and 
economical disposition and employment of those means when allowed, that any inefficiency or 
neglect of them must of consequence engender disappointment and all its attendant results. 
Where a range or ranges of vegetable forcing structures exist, there should properly be 
no cessation of employment for them the year throughout ; they may advantageously, and 
therefore they should , unceasingly be occupied, and if the occupation of them is conducted 
judiciously and with wonted forethought, even though these structures for the acceleration 
of vegetables derive, as in the majority of cases we presume to be the case, their calorific 
medium from the somewhat uncertain agency of fermenting materials, one crop may be 
brought forward to prepare the way for a successional crop of a very different kind ; late 
Melons, for instance, may thus succeed early Cucumbers ; French Beans succeed late 
Melons ; Asparagus follow French Beans ; after Asparagus, Rhubarb may be introduced ; 
Sea Kale next in order, and finally, secondary crops of Melons or Cucumbers in succession. 
Presuming all the while, that forcing accommodation is on an appropriately extensive 
scale, another rotation plan would be, to produce a crop of early Horn Carrots (with inter- 
seminations of short-top Radishes) after late Cucumbers, then Asparagus, and to follow 
the latter, a secondary crop of Melons ; to be followed by a secondary crop of forced French 
Beans, Sea Kale being made to come after the Bean crop ; concluding the round with 
Cucumbers or Melons. A third rotation may be performed as follows, viz. : to succeed the 
latest Melon crop in November, a crop of Potatoes ; Rhubarb or Asparagus to follow ; then 
sweet herbs, as Basil, Marjoram, &c., and to conclude with a successional Cucumber crop. 
For a fourth succession of vegetables, Asparagus first ; next Potatoes ; then Early 
Stone, or Dutch Turnips intersown with Turnip Radishes : Chilies to follow, after which 
winter Cucumbers. 
A fifth rotation might advantageously be accomplished thus; after late Melons or 
Cucumbers, a crop of Dwarf Peas ; then Rhubarb, Asparagus, or Sea Kale ; after which 
a secondary crop of Horn Carrots or Stone Turnips, always interdrilling carrots and turnips 
with Short-top and Turnip Radishes respectively, and of course on all occasions completing 
the round with Cucumbers, Melons, Chilies, &c. 
Perform a sixth rotation with either French Beans, Early Potatoes, Carrots or 
Asparagus, after Chilies are ripe in Autumn, to be followed by the earliest Melon crop ; 
late Cucumbers being next in order. To pursue the systematic rotation of crops in detail 
to greater length, would be unattended with practical utility, or what is worse, have a 
tendency to perplex the uninitiated who may happen to peruse the foregoing general hints ; 
it will rather be of more use, and still suffice to observe, that the successional arrangement 
of crops of vegetables under glass being almost inexhaustible when well carried out, may 
be made ad libitum to any extent that existing means will permit of doing, and it is almost 
needless to observe, of course so arranged as to comply with the particular tastes and 
requirements of particular families, thus : Asparagus, Sea Kale, or Rhubarb, may happen 
to be vegetables especially in demand, forced Asparagus probably to a greater extent than 
any other vegetable at that season of the year, and it will be obvious to the practical 
culturist there can be no difficulty in existence in obtaining half-a-dozen or more 
successions of such vegetables, alternating with each other by means of the same 
structures. As there are several minor matters, however, which it is requisite to make 
incidental allusion to, we shall, in our next number, briefly refer to the winter protection 
and acceleration of various salading, as Endive, Lettuce, Mustard and Cress, &c. 
(To be Continued.) 
