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between the rows of Chrysanthemums, they will be 

 ready to mature their buds when the time comes for 

 the Chrysanthemums to be cut down. These also have a 

 ready sale. 



Long before this, strong, young autumn - grown 

 plants of Tomatoes will have been waiting ready in 

 their pots to be planted through the house, wherever 

 there is a vacant space, during the early months of the 

 year, and they will have borne their fruit and found an 

 early market at a time when most of our neighbours 

 are beginning to think of potting theirs. 



CHAPTER V 

 HOT BEDS AND COLD FRAMES 



ALL garden plants which are not perfectly hardy need 

 in various degrees the protection of glass, and the proper 

 management of half-hardy plants in their earlier stages 

 is that which chiefly taxes the resources of the amateur 

 gardener. 



Without the aid of the cap-glass and the cold frame 

 and the artificial heat of the hot bed, one's greenhouse 

 can be, after all, little better than an empty show. It 

 should indeed be looked upon as the ultimate destiny 

 of our exotics, but for the early part of their existence 

 it is a most unsuitable quarter. 



