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a distance of 18 inches is left between the rows of frames. 

 A layer of fine, rich, dark soil, mixed with manure that 

 has been rotted during the previous season, is then spread 

 on, to the depth of six inches, pressed down and raked. 

 The bed is then ready for planting. Generally four crops 

 are grown in each frame, radish, lettuce, carrots and 

 cauUflower being the usual combination. 



The radishes are sown first, quite thinly, then a thin 

 layer of carrot seed. These are covered with about half 

 an inch of fine soil well pressed down. Cabbage-lettuce 

 is next set out, the plants being placed nine inches apart, 

 and, so far, three crops are growing at the same time. 

 The fourth, cauliflower, is not planted untU the radishes 

 are off, — in about three or four weeks, — the lettuce has 

 been cut and the carrots are showing well above the 

 ground. Then three or four cauliflower plants are set 

 in each frame between the carrots. 



But one of the most interesting parts of this work is 

 the growing of the lettuce and cauliflower plants for 

 transplanting to the hot-bed frame. These are grown 

 under "cloches" or bell-shaped glasses 17 inches across 

 the bottom and 15 inches high, on a seed-bed prepared 

 just as the hot-bed was prepared, except that the manure 

 foundation is any^vhere from 12 to 15 inches deep after 

 being pressed down. These beds are not covered with 

 frames, but the cloches are placed on them in two rows, 

 and within the circles made by them the seed is sown. 



As soon as they come up, they may be transplanted 

 from the cloches to the hot-bed direct, or they may be 

 pricked out under other cloches, four plants to a glass, 



