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plant it out-of-doors in March, and neither can 

 you leave it in the frame just as you sowed it. The 

 plants will require more room, so therefore do not 

 put all your hotbed down at one time. One or 

 two sash will suffice in which to sow the seeds for 

 a hotbed of twelve sash; so you can see that it would 



In & permanent hotbed frame the manure pit should be about two 

 feet, and the soil six to eight inches, deep. Brick walls may be sub- 

 stituted for the rock foundation shown above. Always face the high 

 side of the bed to the north 



be much more practical to divide the bed in some 

 way. 



Here is one way: For a twelve-sash hotbed I 

 would start two sash for the seedlings. I would 

 have five sash ready to take the young plants 

 about three or four weeks later; and about two 

 weeks later I would have the others ready to take 

 the balance, which would consist of slow germinat- 



