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Glass 



beds (Fig. 220). Ordinar}' unbleached, double-width or 

 ten-fourths wide sheeting is used. One side is nailed fast 

 to the back side of the bed or in double beds to the ridge- 

 pole, and the other is nailed between two 1 x 2-inch strips, 

 thus making a square roller on which the curtain is rolled 

 up when it is wished to open the bed. By starting with 



one short and one 

 long piece, so as 

 to break joints, 

 such a roller can 

 be made any 

 desired length. It 

 will be necessary 

 to provide some 

 extra cover for 

 each coldf rame 

 to use on very cold 

 nights, for the 

 single thickness 

 of cloth will not 

 turn more than a slight frost. The beds should always 

 be well banked at the ends and sides with earth.-*^ 



Hothed covers. 



Some protection, other than the glass or muslin, must 

 be given to early hotbeds. They need covering on every 

 cold night, and sometimes the entire day in very severe 

 weather. Very good material for covering the sash is mat- 

 ting, such as is used for carpeting floors. Old pieces of 

 carpet may also be used. Burlap makes excellent cover; 

 it may be doubled : and it may have straw, shavings or 



220. Cloth-corered beds, showing the cloth rolled 

 up in the day. 



