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g. The slip knot. Commonly used in hitching 

 horses to racks. 



h. The bowline knot. Used in tying the anchor 

 of ships. 



NOTE. Practical exercises in splicing ropes, riveting 

 harness, and sewing halters, etc., may be given. 



LESSON LII 



A HOTBED GARDEN 



During the latter part of this month we must begin 

 to plan for our hotbeds and cold frames for our early 

 vegetables and flowers. 



Even in school the teacher and pupils may well un- 

 dertake to work out this lesson together. Proceed as 

 follows : 



Making the hotbed. Select a place at the south side 

 of some building for the hotbed. Dig an oblong space 

 three feet wide, six feet long, and eighteen inches deep. 

 Make a wall of posts and boards, fitting close to the 

 sides of the bed. Make the back wall three feet high and 

 eighteen inches above the surface of the ground. A 

 piece of two-by-four joist set in from back to front 

 across the middle, will make a support for the window 

 sashes which are to cover the bed. When the bed is 

 ready, put in a layer of strawed manure that has been 

 piled for some time, fill in about nine inches of the ma- 

 nure and tramp it down firmly. Then add a second 

 layer of nine inches, and tramp firmly as before. 



Then spread four inches of rich garden loam over 



