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387. Plant Propagation and Transplanting. The hot- 

 bed (65) is a desirable accompaniment of every family 

 garden except in small city places. Well-arranged perma- 

 nent homesteads often have what is known as a permanent 

 hot-bed. This has a sunken path in the centre with hot- 

 beds on each side, about four feet above the path bottom. 

 Sometimes the heat is given by extension of hot- water- or 

 steam-pipes from the house. Some also use small hot- 

 water heaters, such as are used in bath-rooms of private 



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FIG. 104. Permanent, lean-to hot-bed. (After Green.) 



houses. Still others use manure, as in the common hot-bed 

 (65). The advantage of such a structure is that the person 

 in charge can go inside to do all the work of watering and 

 caring for the plants and attending to ventilation. 



Quite frequently the permanent hot-bed for home use is 

 made as a lean-to on the south side of a building, as shown 

 in Pig. 104. With steps leading down to the path and 

 door opening inward, a bed twelve feet long, using four 



