IMPLEMENTS. 



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from the cucumber and squasli 

 bugs. The top may be covered 

 with millinet. They should be 

 about eight or ten inches high, 

 and made bevelled, so that one 

 can be set within the other when vi>-e-shield. 

 put away. They are made with or without a pane of 

 glass in the top. Put around any half-hardy plant, with 

 a lock of hay in them, they afford a very good protection 

 during winter. With a movable top, containing a pane or 

 two of glass, they are a tolerable sub- 

 stitute for the next described. 



The Hand-Glass. — The frame is 

 made either of hard wood or cast 

 iron. It is made in two parts, to 

 give air readily to the plants. Its 

 mode of construction is readily seen 

 in the figure. 



