HOTBEDS AND COLDFRAMES 



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ley, spinach, turnips, early garden beets, kale, and carrots, and 

 sets of winter onions are all suitable vegetables to start in the 

 coldframes in the fall (Fig. 28). The glass over the frames 

 will protect from cold fall winds and will help gather the sun's 

 heat for the soil and plants. 



There are many plants growing in the garden in summer 

 which would continue to thrive if taken into the coldframes in 



Fig. 29. — Head lettuce on left, leaf lettuce on right — grown in coldframe and ready 

 for cutting at Thanksgiving time. (Kentucky Station.) 



the fall (Fig. 29). Celery may be thus transplanted when 

 cold weather sets in. It should be well covered or shaded and 

 the blanching process may be completed. 



Numerous flowers may continue in their growing or flower- 

 ing condition by transplanting large clumps with plenty of 

 roots and soil into the coldframes. Pansies, sweet violets, ver- 

 benas, ageratum, everlastings of several kinds, geraniums, low 

 asters, chrysanthemums, nasturtiums, and many others, if 



