The Garden Under Glass
Forfatter: William F. Rowles
År: 1914
Forlag: Grant Richards Ltd. Publishers
Sted: London
Sider: 368
UDK: 631.911.9
With Numerous Practical Diagrams From Drawings By G. D. Rowles And Thirty-Two Illustrations From Photographs
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HOUSING AND ARRANGING PLANTS 249
setting out the plants. This is an annual, in faet, one might well say, a perennial, difficulty. In every garden I have yet known there has been at this season, and right through until the end of spring, a cry for “ more glass, more glass.” Never yet have I found the gardener who had sufficient glass, nor do I yet expect to do so. It becomes necessary, then, to crowd the plants somewhat, but rather than do this unduly it were better to discard a few of the
Diagram 52.—Gives a good idea of Staging pot plants.
poorer plants. It is usual, and it is right, to commence by housing the more important plants, so that the burden of makeshift is brought to bear on those plants which are not so greatly prized. Guided by recent years, it will be known approximately how mueh space may be spared for each batch, and the arrangement resolves itself largely into a question of arithmetic. Let us suppose there are 100 plants to be put on a tiered stage with seven