2o8 How to Make a Flower Garden 



During the early summer, after the plants have been removed, lettuce 

 or radishes may be grown in the hotbed. Where six inches of soil has 

 been used, cannas will grow to perfection; they seem to dehght in the 

 half -spent manure, either in the beds or wlien removed to their outside 

 plantings in June. 



When fall comes, remove the soil and manure and you have an 

 admirable pit in which to bloom chrysanthemums ; or partially fill it with 

 sifted coal-ashes and in this bury the pots containing bulbous plants, 

 such as Easter liHes, tulips, hyacinths, etc., which require darkness and 

 freedom from frost in order that they may develop their roots before 

 throwing up their tops. These may be brought into heat as required, 

 and forced. 



It is well to cover the frame with sash and shutters during the winter 

 in order to keep the frost from the interior. 



