310 THE HOME GARDEN 



ing a bed three feet deep. The lower part is filled with 

 manure, which is allowed to heat and then is reopened, 

 being tested from day to day until it comes to a tempera- 

 ture of eighty degrees Fahrenheit. Cucumbers, lettuce, 

 muskmelons, and tomatoes may be started in the hotbed, 

 and later transferred to the outside. To have the hot- 

 bed work successfully, it should be banked on the outside 



Cross section of a hotbed. (After Moore and Halligan.) 



with manure in order to keep the heat in, and remember 

 to cover it at night in cold weather with old rugs or mats 

 in addition to the sash. The table on the next page 

 gives some useful information for planting your own 

 garden. 



Score card of my home garden. It is not in the coun- 

 try alone that school gardens nourish. Very many city 

 boys and girls have an opportunity to. compete with coun- 

 try boys and girls in the home garden project. It will 

 interest you all to know that if you score high in this project 

 you ought to belong to the United States School Garden 

 Army. Perhaps you do and perhaps you have already 

 received an award from them. If not, why not try for it 

 next summer ? The note found under the title of the score 

 card will give you the address to which you may write 

 for directions. 



