The Garden Under Glass

INTRODUCTION I would like to explain the scope of this work. I do not know of any other populär book which deals fully with the culture of fruit, flowers and vegetables under glass. We expect, of course, in the large and costly works of many volumes to find füll details of all departments of garden-ing, but although there are several works devoted to greenhouse plants, I do not know of any work which includes the culture of fruit and vegetables under glass. This book deals with all aspects of the subject—the management of frame or conservatory, the forcing of radishes as well as the flowering of orchids. When an amateur has a greenhouse he does not confine himself solely to the culture of ornamental plants, although undoubtedly they would form the predominant partner. He uses his greenhouse also for the growing of tomatoes, melons, cucumbers and perhaps a grape vine, a peach, or a fig-tree ; for raising seedlings of flowering plants for the garden (such as Stocks, asters, antirrhinums, etc.) ; for raising early vegetables ; for forwarding crops, such as onions, leeks, beans, peas, etc. ; and for wintering plants which are not hardy. Nor is the amateur alone in this, for in large establishments, where there are many glass-xiii