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SCHOOL AND HOME GARDENING 



moved carefully, will pay well for the trouble and will help 

 to form a winter flower garden. Potted plants and window 

 boxes may be protected several weeks in coldframes built at 

 the school. 



A number of perennial flowers may be started from seeds 

 planted in coldframes in August, to flower out-of-doors the 

 next season. Try violets, pansies, larkspur, phlox, foxglove, 

 and many others. 



Fig. 30. — Sweet-potato plants may be grown from the potatoes in hotbeds in early 

 spring. The plants may be either used or sold. (New Jersey Station.) 



Bulbs of such flowers as hyacinth, daffodil, tulip, narcissus, 

 crocus, and others do well if started in coldframes and then 

 placed in hotbeds or warm rooms later in the winter. 



It is well to pot the bulbs either in earthen pots, tin cans, 

 or berry boxes, and keep them cool and well watered for a few 

 weeks before forcing them too much. 



Plants for Hotbeds. — Seeds of quickly growing vegetables 

 are very suitable for hotbeds in late winter and early spring. 



