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The Modern Greenhouse 
(Continued from page 126) 
We are not trying to discourage the 
i building of small greenhouses, but we 
I are trying to look the facts in the face 
so that we will all have a better under¬ 
standing of what we might expect. It is 
folly to expect a seven-passenger limou¬ 
sine when we are only spending enough 
to buy a Ford roadster. We are going 
to tell you what you can expect and 
what you should have if you do build 
a one-compartment greenhouse. Let’s 
start it in the form of conversation such 
as one often hears on a country place— 
THE SMALL GREENHOUSE 
“Jenkins, Mrs. Watson has sw'eet peas 
in her garden now, and ours w'on’t be 
ready for cutting for several weeks yet. 
What is the trouble?” 
“Edwards, their gardener, started them 
in pots in the greenhouse in February, 
Madam, and yours were sown outside 
in March.” 
“My! Such wonderful heads of let¬ 
tuce Mrs. Watson has, and we haven't 
anything from our garden yet.” 
“They were sowm in the greenhouse 
in March and planted out in April.” 
“But where does he get the room to 
start all these things in that one little 
greenhouse? It is tiny and yet his gar¬ 
den is full of all kinds of vegetables that 
were started indoors, such as lettuce, 
parsley, tomatoes, cabbage, eggplant 
and peppers. He has flowers for his 
gardens, such as heliotrope, geraniums, 
stocks, salpiglosis, petunias, salvia and 
cannas.” 
All these things and many more are 
possible even from a small greenhouse. 
They are small, take up but very little 
space, and they give your garden from 
three to four weeks’ start over the gar¬ 
den started outside in April. It makes 
possible many of our very best flowering 
plants that without a greenhouse must 
be passed up. This does not in any way 
limit the uses of the house during win¬ 
ter. For the benefit of the beginner we 
will divide the small house into three 
divisions—wdnter, spring, and summer, 
showing but a few of its many possi¬ 
bilities. 
THE COOL HOUSE 
Summer in the greenhouse is just as 
important or even more so than winter. 
Numerous crops are possible, but more 
important than this is the preparatory 
work for winter. Chrysanthemums are 
one of our best summer crops, coming in 
flower just as the outside flowers have 
passed by. So we plant the middle 
bench in chrysanthemums, for our fall 
flowers. The side benches we will re¬ 
serve for calendulas, violets and mig¬ 
nonette, or we wdll grow a few potted 
plants, such as primula, cineraria, or 
for our bulbous stock of narcissi, tulips, 
hyacinths and freesias. Have young 
plants of these various crops started to 
fill the benches immediately the chrysan¬ 
themums are passed. For this reason it 
it is better if the chrysanthemums are 
grown in pots, as they can then be 
shifted to the garage or some cool place 
w'hen they are in full flower. On the 
center bench we can have some vege¬ 
tables, such as lettuce, radish, or spin¬ 
ach. In each case select those that do 
well in a cool greenhouse. Or we can 
have sweet peas in the center bench. 
What about the space under the 
bench? Is that of any value? Of 
course, it is. Mushrooms, rhubarb, or 
endive (chicory) may be grown there. 
Thus we have gathered together a 
(Continued on pa e 132) 
