. The book of the garden. Gardening. CAULIFLOWER CAULIFLOWER HAND-GLASS. fastened by a wedge, and are each 20 inches square. Lead, zinc, wrought-iron, copper, &c., are the worst possible mate- rials to construct such utensils with. Some substitutes for these have been proposed, but their utility verifies the old saying—" Saving at the spigot, and losing at the ; The cast-iron hand- glasses will last for fifty years, the others not as many months. They are glazed with the fragments of glass which abound in all gardens where hothouses exist. The manner of pla
. The book of the garden. Gardening. CAULIFLOWER CAULIFLOWER HAND-GLASS. fastened by a wedge, and are each 20 inches square. Lead, zinc, wrought-iron, copper, &c., are the worst possible mate- rials to construct such utensils with. Some substitutes for these have been proposed, but their utility verifies the old saying—" Saving at the spigot, and losing at the ; The cast-iron hand- glasses will last for fifty years, the others not as many months. They are glazed with the fragments of glass which abound in all gardens where hothouses exist. The manner of planting under hand- glasses is this :—In the best exposed place of the garden, dig out holes in number agreeing with the number of bell or hand glasses at disposal. These holes should be 2^,feet square, filled with one-half rotted stable-manure, and rather more than the other half the soil taken fi-om the hole, so that the place, when finished, may be 4 inches higher than the sur- rounding soil. The hand-glass should be set upon this preparation to mark its dimensions, and five plants placed in each space—one in the centre, and one within 4 inches of each corner of the space. These are to be regarded as the per- manent plants, but, to secure as many more as can be, with a view to their being taken up in spring and planted elsewhere, six or seven more plants may be pricked in between them. The glasses are to be set at first over them, supported on four bricks, one at each comer, and, as the winter draws on, these are to be removed, and the glasses set on the surface of the ground, or rather pressed about an inch under it, the better to exclude the cold. Ventilation must now be attended to by lifting the top off entirely, or par- tiallyas shown in our fig., and only closing it entirely doM^n when severe frosts exist. The bell-glasses are to be managed in a similar manner, only on good days they may be elevated on one side an inch or two, or entirely removed. Here the ad- vant
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