. The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade. Floriculture; Florists. 442 The American Florist. Mar. SI, tuce house for an early summer crop, a space of 4 feet between the rows is ad- visable and the plants may be set one or two feet apart. Lettuce.—The lettuce crop should be maintained from this time forward from the hotbeds and cold frames. Suc- cessional plantings should be going for- ward in the frames. One cord of horse manure will now be sufficient for 8 or 10 sash. Cold frames may be set with young lettuce plants after the soil has been thoroughly worked over and en- riched.
. The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade. Floriculture; Florists. 442 The American Florist. Mar. SI, tuce house for an early summer crop, a space of 4 feet between the rows is ad- visable and the plants may be set one or two feet apart. Lettuce.—The lettuce crop should be maintained from this time forward from the hotbeds and cold frames. Suc- cessional plantings should be going for- ward in the frames. One cord of horse manure will now be sufficient for 8 or 10 sash. Cold frames may be set with young lettuce plants after the soil has been thoroughly worked over and en- riched. Cucumbers.'—Sow White Spine cu- cumbers singly in small pots in a light soil and give them a good warm tem- perature. When the lettuce crop is har- vested the ground may be trenched as mentioned for tomatoes and the young plants set therein, placing them about 3 feet apart. Summer cucumbers will need unlimited opportunities for climb- ing, and ample provision should be made for them well in advance, even before the plants are transferred to the beds. often the heating system assists in the problem. Piping has been so ar- ranged that the poles may be tied in groups of four and forms, with the ad- dition of string and wire, a very excel- lent trellis. When first planted cucum- bers will require a temperature of at least 6o° by night and a corresponding- ly high and humid temperature by day. The space, however, among the plants and in the vacant parts of the bed can be utilized by sowing beets, either for bottoms when a small topped variety is used, or a beet for greens where a large leaf_ growth is obtained. The va- rieties suitable for these two purposes are, for early beet roots, Early Eclipse, or Egyptian, and for the variety for greens Dakota Red is best. Radishes also may be sown under these condi- tions, although being rather impatient of heat, one may find better accommo- dations for them in the hotbeds. Vegetable Plants.—Constant sow- ings of the different varietie
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