French Garden. Equipment. 

 from a piece of wood about 1ft. long, 

 l|in. wide, and fin. thick; it is pointed 

 at one end to push into the soil easily, 

 and has two or three notches cut in the 

 upper part for the cloche to rest upon 

 at the height required. 



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Tilted Cloche. 



Cloches packed away. 



Cloche Peg. 



When cloches are not in use they 

 should be stacked away, four or five 

 one above the other, standing up- 

 right, with a small square piece of 

 thin wood, about 2|in. by 2iin. and 

 |in. thick, put between each, on the 

 top, to prevent their touching. They 

 should never be packed away on their 

 sides, or many get broken or cracked 

 through jarring, or if they are laid 

 outside the rain-water which collects in them may freeze and 

 break the glass. 



When cloches get broken, providing 

 they are not shattered, they may be re- 

 paired by rubbing a mixture of white 

 lead and gold size on the broken edges, 

 pressing them together, and binding 

 them by running along the joint a strip Repaired cioche. 



of broad tape well smeared with the mixture. Cloches re- 

 paired in this way are almost as good as new ones. 



When cloches are used in large numbers, twenty-seven may 

 be calculated as occupying the same space as one three-light 

 frame of the customary size, though only twenty-six can be put 

 in the space of a single frame. The slightly smaller frame 

 planned to be used here only affords space for twenty-four 

 cloches. They are placed in beds of three rows, with a narrow 

 path between each bed, arranged with the cloches in the middle 

 row falling between those in the two outer rows, as shown in 

 the diagram on page 98. 



