PART I. 
CHAPTER I. 
THE BEGINNING. 
People without experience or capital 
must begin at the foot of the ladder, if 
they would succeed in under-glass gar- 
dening. 
The key to the whole situation is the 
single sash, for when its uses and func- 
tions are fully understood, and its possi- 
bilities realized, the novice has become 
an expert, and is ready for greater things. 
The sash which at the start covers a 
cold frame is at length made to do duty 
on a hot bed. ‘The hot bed sash, which 
originally began work in the spring, is 
put to work in the autumn, and made to produce results in 
winter time. 
The next step is to use the same frame of glass on a 
sash-covered forcing house, and of course the next is the 
forcing house constructed of large-sized glass, on the most 
advanced modern ideas. 
This little book will be divided into three parts. The 
first part will explain the several steps or stages by which 
the single sash, in a natural way, grows into the great glass 
structure which converts winter into summer. ‘The second 
part will enumerate the more important winter crops, and 
give directions for their culture. The third part will be 
devoted to the winter crops of minor importance; crops 
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