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FRAMES AND PITS 
ii] N American suburbs and small towns the lady of the 
house need not confine her gardening operations to 
the narrow confines of her parlor-windows. There 
is generally some kind of a lawn in front and a 
back-yard, if not a garden, behind the house. 
wher there is ample room for a small pit or green-house 
it ought to be provided, if special interest is taken in orna- 
mental plants, or where the means will not allow of this a 
few frames may be very useful. In a pit or greenhouse, which 
can be heated by means of the same apparatus as the house, 
many plants can be kept during their growing period, to be 
brought into the house for decoration when in flower. Here 
also hardy plants can be forced into flower, sick ones be left 
to recover, and here also the propagation of plants for the em- 
bellishment of the lawn and the borders can be attended to 
early in the spring, so that they may be ready for immediate 
use. Potting, tying, cleaning, all can be done here. A green- 
house or pit for general use should be kept at a temperature 
of from 50 to 60 degrees so as to suit all conditions of plants. 
The summer temperature would of course, from natural causes, 
be much higher. The house ought to be provided with canvas- 
shading and ample means of ventilation. 
Frames are useful for storing potted plants for forcing until 
