The Busy Woman s Garden Book 



only thing about a garden that some one can't 

 and doesn't borrow and if some one would invent 

 a portable one it would undoubtedly become 

 popular. 



The requirements are simple: — A sunny 

 location, protected from prevailing winds — 

 usually from the west, and on the north by a wall, 

 building or fence. Being started in the early 

 days of spring — from February, in the vicinity 

 of the Ohio river, to late March or early April in 

 the vicinity of the Great Lakes; they require a 

 background that will hold the heat of the sun 

 instead of allowing it to escape. 



A well-drained position should be chosen and 

 it should be as handy to the house and garden as 

 practicable, especially the former as, once it is 

 planted and plants up and growing, it will require 

 frequent supervision in the changeable weather 

 of early spring. Under a bright sun the tem- 

 perature rises very rapidly in a glass-covered 

 hotbed and it is necessary to see that it does not 

 rise high enough to injure the plants; equally 

 the temperature falls rapidly in an open bed when 



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