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A new type of frame, which is practically a miniature greenhouse, 

 can now be bought. (See illustration page 221.) Double glazed 

 sash are also used, and a miniature heating plant can be operated in cold 

 weather in a little enclosure at one end. of the frame. This does 

 away with the inconvenience and the trouble of procuring and 

 handling meuiure to furnish artificial iieat 



The satisfaction that you will get from your frames will depend 

 upon your carefulness in planning their use. Look ahead and have one 

 crop growing and ready to occupy frame space as fast as another is 

 removed. Thus, in the Fall, you should start Lettuce in August or 

 early September to be large "enough to set in the frames as soon as 

 frosty weather arrives. Radishes can be planted and half-grown 

 before it is necessary to put on the glass. Lettuce started in January 

 or February in the hot bed or in the house will be ready to set out, in 

 the frames in February or March. Cucumbers or Melons started in 

 paper pots can be set into frames after the Spring grown plants are 

 removed, weeks eaiUer than they can be put out of doors. Plan always 

 for a succession of crops in your frames, just as you do in your garden. 



