Hotbeds, Cold Frames and Flats 



desirable. If one wishes to use it to transplant 

 things from the hotbed, then a temporary frame 

 of boards made to bolt together may be con- 

 structed that may be taken apart and stored away 

 when no longer required; if used for trans- 

 planting the sash should be in a position a week 

 before it is needed so that the soil may become 

 warm and friable, then the little plants of cab- 

 bage, cauliflower and the like may be transferred 

 without any appreciable check in the growth and 

 what there is will be advantageous as it will re- 

 sult in the formation of a mass of fibrous roots 

 which will give them an additional chance in the 

 struggle for hfe in the open. Even screens of 

 cheese cloth will give sufficient protection in any 

 but frosty weather and blankets may supplement 

 these on cold days if glass is prohibitive on ac- 

 count of its excessive price. 



A well-spaded bed of good soil, enriched with 

 a little well decayed manure — that from last 

 year's hotbed will answer, or bone meal may be 

 used or a commercial fertilizer, for the plants will 



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