the rain and the sun rays reach the seed better. The 

 sHding glass frames are a great nuisance and when 

 drawn from the bed they are a positive magnet to 

 the human foot, and a lure to losing one's equilib- 

 rium. » Our four sashes lift on hinges. A centre 

 board running from north to south divides the bed 

 and on each side of this division are two sashes. The 

 upper ones lift to the north and are hooked to the 

 side of the toolhouse. The lower sashes lift from 

 the east and west, are hooked back to back to a pole 

 rising from the centre dividing board of original 

 framework. This leaves the approach to the bed 

 free to the foot when the sashes are raised, so there 

 is no way in which the glass can possibly be broken, 

 unless, of course, one should be unexpectedly seized 

 with an epileptic fit. 



The hotbed proper cost nothing but the mental 

 and physical labor involved in making a patch work 

 quilt of the old lumber, so the glass frames were the 

 only expense. This glass is not puttied like ordinary 

 glass windows; the panes are fitted to lap over each 

 other • — why, I can't imagine, unless the frost loosens 

 putty. 



It is best to make your hotbed in the fall even 

 though you are not to use it until the following 



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