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Early Alarket are the best \arieties fur this purpcise. 



Apart from the growing of vegetables to maturity 

 many seeds of vegetables which need a long season 

 of growth to perfect may be forwarded by means of 

 the hotbed. 



Onions and leeks are two of the most important ; 

 sow the seeds of these in flats and transplant to other 

 flats and grow along, giving ventilation whenever 

 possible until about April 15, when they may be trans- 

 planted to the open ground. 



Tomatoes, celery and eggplant may be located in the 

 same manner. 



Flowers also are ncctled fnr early cutting Ircjui the 

 garden, many of these may be started in the Imtbed. 

 and when weather conditions allow may be trans- 

 ferred to the coldframes and from there to the open 

 ground. 



Asters, salpiglossis and antirrhiuni are among the 

 most suitable for this purpose, although others do 

 equally well treated in the same manner, according to 

 requirements. 



Hotbeds are more essential to the professional gar- 

 dener than the amateur, the latter can wait the de- 

 velopments of the season, but it is the duty of the pro- 

 fessional gardener tcj provide as early in the season as 



sibilities. livery grower has particular views on soils, 

 fertilizers, propagating and growing, views that are the 

 results of experience. So there is no use trying to give 



FOK U.AFFOiJlLS OR NWRCISSV'.^. TKV SOMK UF THFISF: 



LITTLE PL.\NT FR.WIES 0\'ER TIIEM .\NV) FORCE 



TIIEM IN HLOOM TWO WEEKS .\I1EAI) OF 



THE USL'AL TIME. 



pcTssible what vegetables and salads he can. He is not 



su])plying food for remote families of whom he knows 



nothing, but for one particular fainilv with whom his 



destinies are closely liound 



up. So from the little e.xtra 



work caused and the gmid 



results produced it is wurth 



a trial on all estates which 



have the material for hotbed 



making at their disposal, and 



nothing is more appreciated 



in early spring by all private 



families than vegetables and 



salads grown in their own 



gardens. 



Perhaps there is some little 

 confusion in the terms "cold 

 frames" and "hot beds." Cold 

 frames are those warmed by 

 the sun only; hot beds by an 

 under bed of manure giving 

 heat by its fermentation. They 

 are both a sort of small green- 

 house that will yield bountiful 

 returns every month in the 

 year. Don't hold the idea of 

 their being limited to growing 

 lettuce, radishes or getting a 

 month or so's start of your 

 neighbor, for these are a small, 

 very small phase of their pos- 



IN NEWPORT, k. 1., THE WINTERS .\RE LONC 

 AND THE SPRINGS L.-\TE. WITHOUT .\ 

 GREENHOUSE OR COLD FR.AMES THE G.\R- 

 DENS .'\RE APT TO BE VERY L.\TE. THIS 

 VIEW SHOWS A GLIMPSE OF .\ G.VRDEN 

 WITH MELON liOXES IN USE. 



hard and fast rules fur managing frames any more than 

 for other plantings. 



X'entilation is a phase of the hot bed or 

 growing that should receive serious attention, 

 of it will chill your plants. Too little of it 

 them soft. In cold weather, raise the sash si 

 ing mid-da}- while the "^un is out. In warmer 

 sash can be elevated or slid down from the frame. Dur- 

 ing extreme cold weather the frames require some pro 

 tection by covering of mats to go over the 



Illnstrntinns Iiy Lnrrl & lUiniliam Co. 



CI I 



trame 



'!"( X) much 



will make 



lightly dur- 



weather the 



'las 



h:se frames are all devoted to \toi.ets and the family is never without 



IDEM from OCTOBER TO APRIL. THE POSITIUX OF THESE FRAMES. F.\C1NG SOUTH, 

 WITH A PROTECTING FENCE AND SH RUr.l'.FK',- AT THE NORTH, IS EXCELLENT. 



