THE 
GARDEN YARD ate 
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 
cauliflower 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 until 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 anywhere 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, 
