CONTENTS 



Chapter III Continued 



PAGE 



The Need of Garden Records ..... . . 91 



Can You Devise a Better One? 91 



A Vest-pocket Garden Record System 92 



Early Plants Without a Hotbed ... V - 96 



Big Returns from Eight Dollars .... . 98 



Cutting Down Seed Expense ....... 98 



More Than Six Hundred Per Cent. Returns . . 99 



How to Make the Garden Plan Practical .... 99 



Complete Cultural Directions in Tabular Form 100-104 



CHAPTER IV 



GETTING THE MOST OUT OF FRAMES AND HOTBEDS . 105 



The Difference Between "Coldframes" and "Hot- 

 beds" 106 



How to Build a Hotbed ........ 107 



A New Method for Hardening Hotbed Plants . . no 



Hotbed Mats in 



A Home-made Straw Mat in 



Building the Coldframe 114 



The Entire Management of a Coldfraine . 116 

 Preparation. Sowing. Ventilating. Watering. 

 Transplanting. Hardening off . Lettuce. Tbiha- 

 toes. Peppers. Beets. Carrots. Eggplant. 

 Onions. Leeks. Beans. Parsley. Spinach. 

 Celery. Cauliflower. Cabbage. Peas. 



CHAPTER V 

 A YEAR'S CYCLE IN THE GARDEN 133 



The Planning Season: December to February . . 133 



January. The Garden Plan. Some General 

 Advice. Seeds and Yields for a Definite Area. 

 Transplanted Vegetables. When, Where and 

 What to Transplant. Catalogues and Seedsmen. 

 Good Seed. Kinds and Varieties. Keeping 



