METHODS UNDER GLASS 211 



the storm windows from the house and placed it on top 

 of the box, and the cold frame was complete. 



Coal the Best Heat. — Every farmer should have a 

 house garden for winter vegetables, either under a 

 glass roof on the dwelling on the south side, or near. 

 Instead of burning manure to start plants for the farm, 

 they should be started with wood or coal heat. The 

 coal heat is easier to regulate and those who have used 

 both think it the cheaper. We have grown two hun- 

 dred dollars worth of lettuce in a winter when we had 

 five to seven cents for ten radishes, and six dollars to 

 seven dollars and fifty cents a barrel for lettuce. — [R. 

 Bingam, New Jersey. 



Small Frames were made by a New York gar- 

 dener, the sides being of two pieces of seven-inch board, 

 each eleven inches long, and two pieces of six-inch 

 board, eight inches long, for ends. No top or bottom. 

 Nail them flush at the bottom, so as to make a frame 

 eleven inches long by ten inches wide outside, and nine 

 inches long by eight inches wide inside, with the top 

 edges of the side boards rising an inch above the end 

 boards. Now lay an eight by ten-inch glass between 

 the projecting sides, one-half inch resting on each 

 board. Secure it from slipping by a big-headed tack 

 at each end. Then set it over the freshly planted 

 cucumber or melon hill. It protects from frost, serves 

 as a forcing frame, and keeps off insects while the vines 

 are small. Made on rainy days, of waste boards, they 

 cost nothing but the glass. 



