Diagram 47. THE HOTBED. 



Fig. I. The site may be excavated if there be no standing water. Fig. 2. 

 The bed shaped and watered in to produce fermentation. Fig. 3. Dimensions 

 of the finished bed. Fig. 4. Interior of a single-light frame with pots plunged. 

 Ventilation may be given, as shown, by using bricks or flower-pots. Boxes of 

 seeds or cuttings are placed on fibre or ashes, 



