. Florists' review [microform]. Floriculture. mi«m €>P^HE IT msssjms^ nv J^LORISTS' -rnTIIIIKRBVIEW> UNDER GLASS ^'7/ ?/oit /i«?;e an o?r2 greenhouse," says this writer, "a greenhouse that apparently has reached its limit of usefulness for growing floivcrs and seems to he due for the junk heap, renew its lease of life, as I did with one of mine, hy growing hrad lettuce in ; epg^MHiKa. ETTUCE, especially green- house lettuce, always com- mands a good price in the winter market, but it is well to arrange the planting of the seeds so as to bring the largest proportion of t
. Florists' review [microform]. Floriculture. mi«m €>P^HE IT msssjms^ nv J^LORISTS' -rnTIIIIKRBVIEW> UNDER GLASS ^'7/ ?/oit /i«?;e an o?r2 greenhouse," says this writer, "a greenhouse that apparently has reached its limit of usefulness for growing floivcrs and seems to he due for the junk heap, renew its lease of life, as I did with one of mine, hy growing hrad lettuce in ; epg^MHiKa. ETTUCE, especially green- house lettuce, always com- mands a good price in the winter market, but it is well to arrange the planting of the seeds so as to bring the largest proportion of the plants to maturity at the proper time to meet the greatest demand, wliich is around Thanksgiving, Christmas and the Lenten season. Seed catalogues give the time required for growing lettuce generally as six weeks, biit T find that better "results are ob- tained by allowing my plants ten weeks from the planting of "the seeds until the cutting of the lieads. In this way no hard forcing is need and the plants are stronger. Sowing the Seed. So, to harvest a crop of lettuce at Tlianksgiving. it is well to plant the seed al)Out the middle of September. For this purpose use shallow flats filled with light, vieh compost, con- sisting of one fourth manure and three- fourtlis soil. >ifted through a coarse sieve. Before jaitting the seeds in, try to have tlie soil evenly moist; not soft ami pasty, bur at the point where it can be liandlcd without caking or leav- ing mud on the hands. By setting the flats in the ground so that the top? of them are even witli tlio sur- face, you can keep a better degree of mois- ture at the bottom of the flats, whir;- tli sliade (iiiriiig the hottest part o1 the day and some ]>r(> from sudden fronts at night. A c a n v a s stretched on n frame . and jilnci^l .at least "** three foot aliove the flats during the middle of the day \^\?^ \ides sufficient sliade, and glass sashes laid over the flats at night are Yellow ]irot
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