Hotbeds, Cold Frames and Flats 



The Sand Box 



Is used as an auxiliary to the hot bed for a 

 nursery for those plants which are to be used in 

 the house or conservatory during winter and must 

 be kept in a growing, but not blooming, condi- 

 tion during summer and shifted from pot to pot 

 as occasion requires. Though mainly essential in 

 the growing of house plants it is often found of 

 much use as a place to carry on such vegetable 

 plants as one may desire to pot off for sale or for 

 stockier growth, previous to setting in the open 

 ground. The sand box consists of any shallow 

 box of sufficient size to hold a considerable num- 

 ber of two to four inch pots. It should not, pre- 

 ferably, be over three feet wide but may be of any 

 desired length. Five inches is a good depth. It 

 should be elevated on some kind of support, at a 

 convenient height to work at when sitting on a 

 stool or box. When used for growing house 

 plants it is usually placed in a rather shady spot 

 on the east side of the house, but if used for vege- 

 tables it may be given a more sunny, exposed 



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