The Garden Under Glass

FORWARDING VEGETABLE PLANTS 201 generally gårdeners do it with the index finger. When the young plants are growing along nicely they should be gradually accustomed to a colder atmosphere so that they may later be transferred to cold frames and later still to a sheltered position outside to prepare them for planting out in the open. It is essential that these plants be not drawn and that they be not at any time subjected to a very high temperature. Beet may be sown in boxes in April and be planted out. The Globe type is the best for this purpose, as it comes to maturity earlier. Peas may be sown in pots or in boxes. Personally I have been more successful by using boxes. A box 2 feet by 15 inches will easily accommodate a hundred seeds, and when hardened off these may be planted in double rows. Broad Beans may be treated in a precisely similar manner. For Runner Beans I would sow one bean in a 3-inch pot and plant out a foot apart. Dwarf Beans I would sow three in a pot and plant one foot apart in rows two feet apart, and a row of radishes between. They may by this means be got much forwarder than by sowing outside, and they occupy space in the greenhouse for a short time only. Tomatoes should be sown early in February and be worked steadily along to a 5-inch or 6-inch pot, planting them against a sunny wall or fence during May, but protecting them from late frost, should any occur. Potatoes are merely forwarded by bringing them in boxes into a greenhouse to get the growths about an inch long before planting. It has been found to increase the yield of all kinds if they are treated in this way. Marrows should be sown during the last week of March, singly, in small pots, which may later be replaced by larger ones, so that the plants may early in May be set out under handlights from 6-inch pots. Mint may be forced for use with early potatoes, by diggingup