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MANUAL OF GARDENING 



sometimes too hot on the 

 south side of large and 

 light-colored buildings. 

 One of the best means 

 of protection is to plant 

 a hedge of evergreens, as 

 shown in Fig. 199. It is 



201. A larger portable coldframe. ^j^^^^ desirable, also, to 



place all the coldframes and hotbeds close together, for the 

 purpose of economizing time and labor. A regular area or 

 yard may be set aside 

 for this purpose. 



Various small and 

 portable coldframes 

 may be used about the 

 garden for the protec- 

 tion of tender plants or 



to start them early in ^02. a commodious portable frame. 



the spring. Pansies, daisies, and border carnations, for ex- 

 ample, may be brought on very early by setting such frames 



over them or by plant- 

 ing them under the 

 frames in the fall. These 

 frames may be of any 

 size desired, and the sash 

 may be either removable, or, in case of small frames, they may 

 be hinged at the top. Figs. 200-203 illustrate various types. 



Hotbeds. 



A hotbed differs from a coldframe in being provided with 

 bottom heat. This heat is ordinarily supplied by means of 

 fermenting manure, but it may be obtained from other ferment- 

 ing material, as tanbark or leaves, or from artificial heat, as 

 flues, steam pipes, or water pipes. 



203. A low coldframe. 



