CHAPTER VIII 



GROWING UNDER GLASS 



Early Vegetables A Sample Hot-bed Heating by Fire 

 Cost and Returns Flowers Better Than Vegetables 

 Greenhouses Success. 



TO get early vegetables you need a hotbed. 

 For it you want the best soil and the sun- 

 niest spot possible. 



All hotbeds are right-angled boxes covered 

 with movable glazed frames and heated. The 

 bed may be of any size or shape but the stand- 

 ard is six feet wide, since the stock glass frames 

 are usually six feet long by three wide. The 

 cheapest plan is to get some old planks, broken 

 brickbat or stone, and piece together a box-like 

 affair in proper shape, then lay on the sashes; 

 the front should be at least ten inches above the 

 ground and the rear fourteen inches, for drain- 

 age. Make it face south or southwest and pro- 

 tect it on the north. This will do to start with, 



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