48 GARDENING FOE PROFIT. 



of Cauliflower or Cabbage plants is sold at an average-of 

 $3 per sash, in March or April ; the Lettuce at $2 per sash 

 in May, and the Cucumbers at $1 per sash in June, making 

 an average of $6 per sash for the season ; and it must be 

 remembered that these are wholesale prices, and that too, 

 in the market of New York, where there is great compe- 

 tition. There is no doubt, that in hundreds of cities and 

 towns of the Union, the same use of sashes would double 

 or treble these results. 



Cold frames are also used for sowing the seeds of Cab- 

 bage, Cauliflower, and Lettuce, instead of hot-beds; if 

 the frames are closely shut up and covered at night by 

 mats, the plants will be but little later than those from the 

 hot-beds, and are raised with far less trouble. In sections 

 of the country where these plants cannot be set out before 

 May, it is useless to raise them in hot-beds. On the other 

 hand, in the Southern States, where in the months of Feb- 

 ruary and March there are no frosts, by adopting the same 

 care in covering up at night, the seeds of Tomatoes, Pep- 

 pers, and Egg plants, and the sprouts from Sweet Pota- 

 toes, can be forwarded with much less trouble in the cold 

 frames than in the hot-bed. 



