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pits. The opening would afford very slight though bene- 

 ficial ventilation, and give a means of carrying or shifting 

 the cloche with one hand only. I am informed that there 

 will be no difficulty in making them thus without additional 

 trouble or expense, as soon as the firm who will undertake 

 their manufacture in England have full preparations made. 

 When not in use the careful cultivator puts his cloches in 

 some bye place, in little piles of hah 1 a dozen in each, a 

 piece of wood not more than half an inch thick and an inch 

 and a half square being placed between each, so as to prevent 

 them from settling down on each other. Workmen used 

 to them carry two or three in each hand in conveying 



Fig. 355. 



The Cloche as used in the Propagating-house. 



them from place to place, by putting a finger between each. 

 In commencing to use them in our gardens it would be well 

 to see that they are placed in some spot where they will 

 not be in danger of breakage. The cloche must not be 

 confounded with the dark and very large bell glass that was 

 in common use many years ago in our market gardens, and 

 which may yet be seen here and there. These were even 

 dearer than the hand-glasses by which they were driven out 

 of use. The French cloche does not cost one-fourth so 

 much as a hand-light— and moreover does not, require both 

 painter, glazier, and plumber for keeping it in repair. It 

 will prove a distinct improvement in every class of garden. 

 How to procure these cloches has hitherto been the great 



