26 GAKDEKING FOR YOTOG Al^D OLD. 



cabbage should be placed nearer the outside, either on the 

 top or bottom, where they can be more readily cooled off 

 by opening the sash. If the bed is very hot, more 

 water will be required, and the sash will have to be 

 open longer during the day. If the bed is too cold it is 

 well to surround the outside of the frame with warm 

 manure, and at night cover the sash with a straw mat or 

 blankets; and use only water fully up to blood heat. If 

 the plants are drawn up if they are tall and thin rather 

 than stout and stocky, it is a sign that the plants are 

 either too thick or the bed too warm. They want fresh 

 air and abundance of sunshine. 



COLD FRAMES. 



A cold frame is simply a frame and sash of a hot-bed 

 without any manure underneath. Cold frames are quite 

 useful for hardening off plants, but it costs very little 

 more to place a foot or fcvo of manure underneath them, 

 and in our climate a little bottom heat is often very de- 

 sirable. We can harden off the plants sufficiently by 

 taking off the sash in whole or in part. A well sheltered 

 spot in the garden with ti warm sunny exposure is not a 

 bad substitute for a cold frame. 



INSECTS. 



I am not going to write about insects. I will leave 

 that to the professional Entomologist. We need to know 

 the habits of the various insects which injure or destroy 

 our crops. Last winter one of my neighbors, Col. B., 

 during the busy part of my seed business volunteered to 

 help me by answering letters. He was not used to the 

 business and sometimes got out of patience. One man 

 wanted to know how much onion seed to sow per acre ? 

 another the proper time to sow mangels ? another 



