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dred and ninety-nine arise from the giving of too 

 little air. 



84. Before I proceed to the time of taking 

 the plants out of the bed, I must make a remark 

 or two respecting shelter for hot -beds ; and this 

 leads me back to the Plan of the Garden. In 

 that plan (page 307) is the Hot-bed Ground, No. 

 1, which is 70 feet by 36. The fence to the 

 North and West is the hedge, and that to the 

 South and East ought to be made of Broom 

 Corn Stalks, in this manner : Put some Locust- 

 Posts along at eight or ten feet apart. Let- 

 these posts be ten feet high and squared to 

 three inches by three inches. Lay a bed of 

 bricks, or smooth stones, along the ground from 

 post to post, and let this bed be about seven or 

 eight inches wide. This bed is for the bottoms 

 f the Broom-Corn Stalks to stand on. Go on 

 one side of the row of posts, and nail three 

 rows of strips, or laths (best of Locust,) to the 

 posts. The first row at a foot and a half from 

 the ground ; the second row at six feet from the 

 ground ; and the third row within six inches o* 

 the top of the posts. Then do the same on the 

 other side of the posts. Thus you will have a 

 space of three inches wide, all the way along, 

 between these opposite rows of strips. Then take 

 fine, long, straight Broom-Corn Stalks, and fill up 

 this space with them full and tight, putting them, 

 of course, bottoms downwards, and placing these 

 bottoms upon the bricks. When the whole is 

 nicely filled, strain a line from top of post to top 

 of post, and according to that line, cut off the, 

 tops of the Broom-Corn Stalks ; and> while the 

 fence will look very handsome, it will be a shelter 



