Cold Frames. — 63 



By taking advantage of the additional protection during the 

 night that mats or shutters afford, tomato and even egg-plants 

 can be grown without bottom heat. This question, however, 

 must also be left largely to the judgment of the individual grower, 

 who is acquainted with his local conditions. 



The use of cold frames in starting lima beans, cucumbers, 

 melons, etc., by planting on squares of inserted sod, which are 

 to be transferred to the open ground when the season has 

 sufficiently advanced, will be referred to at another occasion. 



