THE VEGETABLE GARDEN 



upon the surface of the ground, or only six inches 

 or a foot below it, the soil and manure being piled 

 about the frame to exclude cold. Such frames are 

 very handy to protect beds of tender roses and 

 other plants during winter, as they may be readily 

 moved about from place to place, or if only wanted 

 for spring use, they may be fastened together with 

 pegs or hooks, and so taken apart and piled away 

 like boards until wanted again another spring. 



In constructing permanent beds with brick walls, 

 the pit should be dug four inches larger all around 

 to allow for the laying of the brick. Four inches 

 the width of the brick will be sufficient for these 

 walls, except where frost works into it, and second- 

 class brick may be used; it should be laid with 

 cement and given a finishing coat of one to three 

 cement all over. In laying brick or cement walls 

 it will be well to mortise in a strip of wood on the 

 top for the sash to rest upon, also the cleats of 

 wood for the partitions to slide in, and a shoulder 

 may be left in the cement for strips of wood to 

 extend across the beds under the jointure of the 

 sash, to rest in, where partitions are not to be run 

 through the beds and but two sash are to be used. 

 Where window sash is used, it may be hinged to 



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