COLD FRAMES AND HOT-BEDS. 



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COLD FRAMES AND HOT-BEDS. 



A cold frame may be made of any size, from a one to a 

 four sash frame. A sash is generally made six feet long, 

 and three feet one inch wide. The stiles or side bars 

 should each be two and a half inches wide ; the parting 

 strips of the astragals should each be half an inch wide 

 and six inches apart, to accommodate six by eight inch 

 glass; the thickness of the wood being an inch and a Hall". 



The box or frame should be two feet high at the back, 

 and sixteen inches at the front, and should be made of 

 inch and a half plank. When two or more sashes are used, 

 brace-pieces six inches wide must be set across the frame, 

 from back to front, and dovetailed into each, so as to 

 carry the sashes and stiffen the frame. On these braces a 

 parting-strip must be nailed, in order to separate the 

 sashes and cause them to run true. On each side or end 



