The Garden Under Glass

196 THE GARDEN UNDER GLASS Beans.—Dwarf French beans are the kind usually forced in a warm house, though where space abounds the climbing form of French bean may be grown. Amateurs generally will find less trouble with the dwarf forms. I would recommend a selected form of Ne Plus Ultra. Four or five beans may be put into a 4-inch pot in any sandy soil and be covered lightly with half-an-inch of soil. The pots should then be placed on a board and the board put directly over the hot-water pipes. They will shoot out in a few days, when they may be put on the staging. When well rooted, let two pots of plants be put together in an 8-inch pot. If kept in a light position, duly staked, well syringed to keep down red spider, and fed after they have flowered, they will fruit plentifully. Carrots.—(I would recommend Sutton’s Inimitable Forcing.) May be sown in drills six inches apart, with radishes between them on a mild hotbed. Beyond watering and ventilating, they need very little attention. They may be thinned as they become fit for use. Cauliflowers.—These vegetables are seldom brought to maturity under glass. If, however, such a course is decided on, they should be sown outside in September, and afterwards potted into small pots, and eventually into the 8-inch size. Until the beginning of the year they will do with cold-frame treatment, but after this date a gentie heat will bring them along to maturity several weeks before they could be got, under ordinary conditions, outside. Lettuces.—A supply of these can usually be kept up through the greater part of the year outside, but to supplement this it is often the practice to sow in autumn and prick out the plants in frames. A soil composed largely of leaf-soil will suit them well, and plenty of ventilation will be needed to keep them from damping. They may