The Hot-Bed and Cold-Frame 



joint perfect, for poor joints and ill-fitting sash 

 will allow heat to escape more rapidly than it 

 is generated, thus making the hot-bed a failure. 



If more than one sash is used to each frame 

 or section, a stout piece of wood should run 

 from front to back for the pieces of sash to 

 rest on, where they meet. If large pieces of 

 sash are used, they will be found quite heavy, 

 and the frame and its cross-strips should be 

 substantially made, or there may be a collapse 

 at a time when such a happening would be 

 disastrous in the extreme. It pays to do good 

 work, while you are about it. A good hot-bed 

 frame will do duty for several seasons, if well 

 constructed and properly cared for after it is 

 emptied of its seedlings. 



It often happens that we have severe weather 

 after we get the hot-bed in operation. In such 

 cases we must cover the sash with something 

 that will prevent frost from forming on the 

 glass and radiating cold down upon the deli- 

 cate young plants. Strips of matting, old carpet, 

 or blankets, will answer as well as anything. 



If the weather is bright and warm, it will 

 be necessary to admit a little air to hot-bed 

 seedlings during the middle of the day; but 



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