Truck gardening in the neighborhood or Rio de Janeiro. 
In such gardens as these the vegetables which supply 
the markets of the city are prooucea. Lettuce, radishes, 
onions, and other vegetables are grown in the small beds 
seen in the picture, 'each bed being raised about 18 inches 
above the level of the walks, and cornered with a row of 
kale around the -outside. Water is distributed to small 
reservoirs throughout the garden by bamboo flumes; from 
these reservoirs it ,is distributed over the- beds by means 
of large watering pots.- Reed mats • ai e -placed over the beds 
to shade the plants, when first-.. set out. .Dorset t , Popenoe , 
and. Shamel Photograph No. 1268 : Taken between the city of 
Rio and the Ihte.rnaQional Hotel. ' 
