position during the day. It not only shuts out some light, but seriously interferes 
with the free circulation of air, resulting in decay of lower foliage. 
We find that paper lends itself to rolling up on a round pole quite as well 
as does cloth, and it can be used on top of individual beds fully as well as 
cloth. Also, we find it works to best advantage when used over-the-top of 
small or medium size houses. Such a house using cloth is pictured on page 
24, and it will be noted that the material is easily rolled up or let down by 
means of ropes and pulleys. The picture doesn't show one section in which 
paper was used, and we are glad to say the paper worked exactly as well 
as does cloth. We find the most economical method of using either cloth or 
paper is this method of rolling it over the outside of a small house as shown. 
The sash house pictured is 20 ft. wide and is sheltered by larger houses. This 
plan may not be practical on a larger or more isolated modern house. The large 
Mail Order firms carry a full line of paper suitable for this purpose. 
We use the sash house shown only for either Pompons or Mums that flower 
naturally late in November. Thru shading in these houses they are flowered 
around mid-October. At this time, in our latitude, the glass roof protection is 
necessary, especially for standard Mums. Farther south it will hardly be nec¬ 
essary until November. But in growing for a competitive market remember 
that the combination of rains and cool weather spoil the perfect finish so nec¬ 
essary in stock shipped to market. Big Mums that flower naturally in October 
are flowered to perfection, in these sash shelters, in late September and early 
October, but Pompons of the same date are flowered perfectly in the open 
with no glass protection. The growth, in the sash house, is equally superior, 
for no side walls are used, permitting practically as free air circulation as 
when grown in the open. Such conditions produce distinctly superior stock 
to that grown all summer in modern, costly hot houses. 
Don't be misled into believing that this method is easy or inexpensive. It 
costs to plant good unchecked stock in early May when most of us are over¬ 
crowded with spring work. But if we can manage it right, we repeat, this 
planting pays. For this OUTDOOR September flowering crop, for which Pom¬ 
pons only are used in our latitude, we have planned a form of construction 
for next year, based on our sash house idea, that might be of interest. Briefly 
stated, it is the outdoor sash house plan without sash or glass. It will be 
about 20 ft. wide and consist only of framework to support the cloth, the same 
as over-the-glass shading plan shown on page 24. We find with this over-ihe- 
house plan the paper or cloth is not only more quickly applied or removed, 
but less material is needed. The reason for this is that when beds are shaded 
individually, additional material is needed for sides. Another and more im¬ 
portant advantage in the over the roof plan of shading, especially when paper 
is used, is that water from rains readily runs off. On the individual bed, with 
the paper flat, rain water collects, sometimes with disastrous results. This dis¬ 
advantage with the 5 or 6 ft. individual bed can be overcome by giving the 
paper some pitch. But we easily figure considerable reduction in overhead by 
covering three or four 5 ft. beds with a frame work, as suggested, that will give 
a pitched roof on which the rope and pulley arrangement will adjust the shad¬ 
ing material. 
In any regular greenhouse area that is free of interfering posts, the shad¬ 
ing plan for Mums should call for spreading it out over beds and walks. This 
does away with the side wall of all individual beds, but one side wall about 
the entire area being necessary. This not only requires less material, but 
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