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Gardening 



FIG. 109. A cold frame at the New York Botanical Garden. Flats 

 lings are placed in the cold frame for growth and for hardening. 



transferring, at the proper time, the flats of seedlings to 

 the cold frame. Seedlings to be transplanted to the 

 garden in late spring or during summer may be grown 

 directly in the soil of the cold frames. The soil should 

 be well tilled and should contain only small amounts of 

 manure. One should never stand or walk directly on 

 the soil in a cold frame, but on a board placed on the 

 surface within the frame. 



Transplanting from flats to other flats. It is not 

 best to leave seedlings of cabbages, tomatoes, celery, 

 lettuce, peppers, and eggplants in the flats in which the 

 seed was sown until they are large enough to transplant 

 to the garden. The soil is likely to become compacted, 

 and the seedlings are usually too crowded. It is there- 



