The Home Garden 



mitted whenever it is possible to do so without 

 injury to the plants, and cold draughts must be 

 avoided as one would avoid the plague. It 

 will be necessary to consult the thermometer 

 a good many times a day. That is what must 

 be depended on more than anything else in 

 the management of hot-bed and cold-frame. 



In the north the first of March is quite early 

 enough to start a hot-bed for the growing of 

 very early vegetables, and a month later for 

 plants intended for general garden use. 



It is not advisable to have plants remain in 

 either hot-bed or cold-frame so long that they 

 become weakened by too long-continued heat. 

 Injury of this kind can only be prevented by 

 the proper admission of fresh air, and the regula- 

 tion of the temperature as already advised. I 

 make mention of this again because it is some- 

 thing that no gardener can afford to ignore, and 

 I desire to fully impress the fact upon his mind. 



Do not take the trouble to start any of the 

 ordinary vegetables, which mature during the 

 latter part of summer in the garden, in the 

 hot-bed. They will come ahead rapidly enough 

 if planted in the open ground, where they will 

 be much easier to care for. 



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