12 DREER’S VEGETABLES UNDER GLASS. 
In private gardens a more elaborate frame or ‘‘ box’’ is 
usually made. In addition to the four boards absolutely 
demanded for the sides and ends a six-foot board is cut diag- 
onally, and used upon the sides, with a six-inch strip across 
the top. This provides for a six-inch pitch to the glass. The 
same frame, made deeper, is used for amateur hot beds. The 
market gardener, operating on a large scale, constructs his 
‘boxes ’’ more cheaply, as will be explained. 
A ‘Box.’ 
A Walk or Alley. A “Box.” 
THE ‘‘BOXES’’ AT REST. 
The summer picture entitled, ‘‘ The ‘Boxes’ at Rest,” 
is from a photograph of the grounds of a Philadelphia mar- 
ket gardener. It shows how the boards are set and how 
supported. Ordinary inch boards, free from knots, are used. 
In the centre of the picture we look into a path or alley 
planted with radishes. The ‘‘ boxes’’ on each side con- 
tain celery—a single row in each ‘‘box’’ or frame. The 
alley is about four feet wide; the ‘‘ boxes’’ or frames six 
feet wide, to be covered by six-foot sashes. The small posts 
