VEGETABLE PLANTS. 2Q 



also the meadow mouse, and the white-bellied, 

 jumping, or woods mouse, are very apt to take 

 up their abode in a hot-bed, the warmth afford- 

 ing a very agreeable protection to them at this 

 season of the year. They are sure to manifest 

 their presence by digging up the seeds which 

 the gardener has sown and burrowing in the 

 soil among the plants. The safest remedy we 

 know, is to set a good trap for them at the 

 time of making the bed, so as to greet 

 them upon first arrival. If allowed to get 

 possession in any considerable numbers, poi- 

 soning will probably have to be resorted to. 



COLD FRAMES. The final transplanting of 

 hot-bed plants, previous to their being placed 

 in the field, should consist of a remaval into 

 cold frames, which are externally the same as 

 hot-beds, but differ from them in not being 

 supplied with artificial bottom heat, the glass 

 sashes giving them all the protection necessary ; 

 and after they have become accustomed to the 

 new quarters, the covering is dispensed with 

 by degrees, and the plants are thus " hardened 

 off," so that their growth may not be suddenly 

 checked when planted out in the open field. 



SWEET-POTATO PLANTS. The sweet potato 

 is not extensively raised north of forty degrees 



