CHAPTER IV 



COLDPRAilES, FLATS, AND OPEN GROUND PLANTING 



A COLDPKAME is a Supplemental hotbed without the 

 heat. Not requiring heating material it is not neces- 

 sary that a pit be dug for it — ^the part of the frame 

 of the hotbed which extends above the ground illus- 

 trating the construction of the coldframe. A bed 

 may be dug and shaped the size the coldframe is de- 

 sired to be, just as one would proceed with a flower 

 bed in the open ground. The coldframe is then 

 placed over this and a sash provided and such heat 

 as it requires will be supplied by the sun's rays shin- 

 ing on the glass which should usually face the south. 

 If it is desired to use the frame in early spring, late 

 fall, or winter, extra protection can be afforded by 

 banking up about the outside of the frame with earth, 

 sods or manure and providing mats or canvas for the 

 top. 



A coldframe is a very useful adjunct of the garden 

 as it furnishes a safe place for the growing of peren- 

 nials for the coming season's use, especially those 

 varieties whose slow germination unfits them for sow- 



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