HOUSE AND GARDEN 
November, 1910 
309 
Pines. As every experienced landscape 
gardener knows, grass growing right up 
to the very tree-trunk robs the tree of the 
moisture its soil would otherwise furnish 
it. On the other hand, an undergrowth 
of broad-leaved saxifrages, dwarf Andro- 
medas (Pieris) or the like will shade the 
soil and be welcome neighbors to conifers. 
What May Be Grown in a 
Small Greenhouse 
(Continued from page 288) 
with this delicious salad. As with the 
carnations, and violets, if there is no part 
of a bench that can be devoted to the 
lettuce, a few plants can be grown in pots. 
If this method is used, the seedlings 
should be pricked off (see September ar¬ 
ticle) into small pots. When these begin 
to crowd they will have to be given six 
to eight inches of room, and the pots 
plunged in soil to their full depth. But it 
will be more satisfactory to devote a part 
of a bench, a solid one if possible and in 
the coldest part of the house, to the let¬ 
tuce plants. Well rotted manure, either 
horse or mixed, and a sandy loam, will 
make the right soil. The first sowing of 
seed should be made about August first, 
in a shaded bed out-of-doors; the seed¬ 
lings transplanted, as with spring lettuce, 
to flats or another bed. By the last week 
in September these will be ready to go 
into the beds prepared for them, setting 
them about six inches apart for the loose- 
head, and eight for the cabbage-head va¬ 
rieties. The bed should be well drained, 
so that the soil will never stay soggy after 
watering. The soil should be kept fairly 
dry, as too much moisture is apt to cause 
rot, especially with the heading sorts. 
Syringe occasionally on the brightest days, 
in the morning. Keep the surface of the 
bed stirred until the leaves cover it. Keep 
the temperature below fifty at night, espe¬ 
cially just after planting, and while ma¬ 
turing. And watch sharply for the green 
aphis, which is the most dangerous insect 
pest. If tobacco fumigation is used as a 
preventative, as suggested in the Septem¬ 
ber article, they will not put in an appear¬ 
ance. The first heads will be ready by 
Thanksgiving, and a succession of plants 
should be had by making small sowings 
of seed every two or three weeks. If the 
same bed is used for the new crops, li¬ 
quid manure, with a little dissolved soda 
nitrate, will be helpful. 
If a night temperature of sixty degrees 
can be assured in part of the house, to¬ 
matoes and cucumbers may also be had 
all winter. If the house is only a general- 
purpose one, held at a lower temperature 
than that, they may still be had months 
before the crop outside by starting them 
so as to follow the last crop of lettuce, 
which should be out of the way by the 
first of April. The seeds of either need 
a high temperature to germinate well, 
and may be started on the return heating 
pipes, care being taken to remove them 
before they are injured by too much 
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