16 buist's family kitchen gardener. 



May. If filled with warm manure early in February, it will 

 grow Cucumbers that will be in use from April to July, or 

 grow Radishes and small sallading in quantity. In summer 

 the sashes can be used for growing fine varieties of Grapes. 

 See our article on Fruits. 



Sash Light, Fig. 16. Made of yellow or the 

 best seasoned white pine, 1-^ to 2 inches thick 



The sash should be 3 feet 8 inches wide, and i'~"""i~~.^"_ZZ'' 

 6 or more feet long ; the glass we prefer is 6 ' "- ....^ ssz^ 

 by 6, or 6 by 8, and of the best quality. The Fig. 16. 

 wood must have two coats of oil paint before glazing, and at 

 least one coat afterwards. All the glass must be bedded in 

 soft putty ; the laps of the glass should not exceed half an inch : 

 one-fourth of an inch, if well done, is quite sufficient. A sash 

 well painted and protected when not in use, will last from 

 thirty to forty years. The smaller the panes of glass the le^s 

 will be the damage from breakage. 



The Common Hot-Bed Frame is a box of wood, bottomless, 

 of any length or breadth to suit the object in view, but generally 

 six feet wide and from six to sixteen feet long, highest at the 

 side to be placed to the north, and subdivided by cross-bars, and 

 each division covered by a glazed sash. The component parts 

 of the above frame, instead of being mortised into one another, 

 should be fastened with hooks and staples, or keyed iron bolts, 

 which easily admit of their being taken asunder and put under 

 cover when they are not wanted for use. I have about a hun- 

 dred sashes that can be taken apart and stowed away, or erected 

 in one day. 



Vegetable or Kitchen Garden, with a select assortment of Fruit 

 combined, Fig. 17. This arrangement afi'ords great facilities 

 for croping the ground and a rotation of crops. It also con- 

 fines the trees to one place, for the purpose of giving a partial 

 shade to the main walk in summer, without injuring any of the 

 vegetables. This plan is decidedly preferable to the mode of 

 distributing the trees over the garden. 



