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etc., the frames can be filled up again usually as fast 
as emptied. In the same way heliotrope, salvia, 
coleus and other tender plants follow pansies, 
daisies, carnations, etc. 
It will thus be seen that to grow these plants to 
the best advantage, a coldframe, or better still, both 
a coldframe and hotbed, will be used in conjunction 
with the small home greenhouse. 
Directions have already been given (see Chapter 
IV) in these pages for sowing, starting and trans- 
planting seed. 
VEGETABLES 
The dates for sowing are about as follows in the 
vicinity of New York. Allow about a week’s dif- 
ference for every hundred miles of latitude — 
earlier in the south, later in the north. 
February 1st—Cabbage, cauliflower. 
February 15th—Cabbage, cauliflower, Brussels 
sprouts, beets, lettuce, onions for plants. 
March tst— Lettuce, celery (early), tomato 
(early), beets. 
March 15th—Lettuce, tomato (main), egg- 
plant, pepper. For one’s own use or special orders, 
cucumbers, squash, lima beans, potatoes sprouted 
in flats of sand, may also be started, but there is no 
market demand for them. 
April 1st—Celery (late), cauliflower; (in sods or 
paper pots), muskmelon, watermelon, corn, for 
special use. 
