26 AMERICAN HOME GARDEN. 



CHAPTER H. 



Appendages. Garden-house, Pit, Frame, Cold Bed, Hot Bed, &c. 



APPENDAGES. 

 GARDEN-HOUSE. 



A SMALL garden-house, say twelve feet wide by twelve or 

 eighteen feet long, with earthen floor, is a convenient and de- 

 sirable appendage to the garden, for storing garden-pots, com- 

 post for choice plants, and tools when not in use. It serves 

 also for various purposes of in-door work, as repairing imple- 

 ments, potting plants, sowing in pots when desirable, preparing 

 cuttings, &c. If built in the garden, which it ought to be, it 

 should be so placed as to form the northwest corner of the in- 

 closure, having a shuttered window or two to the south and 

 north, and a door in the east end. Inside, a work-bench should 

 run almost or quite along the front or south side. On the 

 right, near the door, should be fixed a bar or slat, upon which 

 to hang rakes, hooks, and hoes ; also nails or pins for thrust- 

 hoes, spades, &c. A few shelves along the back, for such pur- 

 poses as they may be found to serve, will complete the internal 

 arrangement. 



The garden-house, though convenient, is not indispensable, 

 if a cellar or any of the ordinary out-buildings can be used in- 

 stead. On the other hand, if built, it may be furnished with a 

 cellar for storing fruits and vegetables, and a frost-proof dark 

 room for choice pears, &c. 



PIT. 



The pit is a sunken frame-work, covered with glass,- protected 

 by shutters or mats, but without artificial heat, and may be of 

 wood, brick, or stone. 



To make a pit for three sashes, such as are commonly known 

 as hot-bed sashes, choose a spot that will enable you to front it 

 to the south or southeast. Dig out the earth about six feet 



