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LKSSONS IN ACKHTI.TCKK 



the manure, and the bed is ready. Perhaps some of 

 the pupils can bring whole window sashes from home 

 to cover the beds. Two sashes three feet square would 

 make the necessary cover. 



Plants for the hotbed. Early lettuce, radishes, early 

 Jersey Wakefield cabbages, the Earliana tomato, onions, 

 and other vegetables may be sown thickly in rows about 



FIG. 50. A HOTBED IN WINTER 



four inches apart, and by the time warm weather 

 comes, the school will have plants to supply the neigh- 

 borhood, the children will have seen many interesting 

 things, and the school will have found a new source of 

 co-operation with the home. 



Ventilating the hotbed. In the hotbed the manure 

 warmed the soil, and the glass kept the heat in the 

 frame. The soil should be watered every few days, and 

 on the bright days the sash should be raised to admit 

 fresh air to the little seedlings. 



Draw the plan of the hotbed, and describe tli- 

 preparation and planting. 



