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should be six feet four inches long by three feet wide, made of three- 

 quarter inch boards. The soil should be enriched by old manure unless 

 in good order ; the object being to preserve and not to grow during the 

 winter. Give plenty of air by raising the shutters, but on no considera- 

 tion open the frame or expose the plants to the sun when the ground or 

 plants are frozen. 



Very many who read this article on hot-beds and cold frames have 

 never seen either, and are perhaps never likely to have one; to such 

 there is an excellent substitute on hand in most dwellings, in the 

 kitchen or basement windows, facing South or East, inside of which 

 is a temperature usually not far from that required for the vegetation 

 of seeds, and where seeds of early vegetables, or tender plants for the 

 flower border, may be raised nearly as well and with far less attention 

 than in a hot-bed. 



In addition to the Hot-bed frame, mats or shutters will be required 

 to cover the sash during cold days and nights. To work the garden, 

 the necessary implements — spade, fork, shovel, rakes, hoes, trowel, 

 garden-line and reel, watering pot, and wheelbarrow, are the most im- 

 portant. 



Rotation of Crops. — We are convinced of the importance of a 

 regular rotation of the Esculent crops. To convey the idea briefly, we 

 present a diagram of the garden as laid out to secure this result. 



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NORTH 



r 



BORDER 



10 FT. 



;ioft 



; E 



n 



E 



10 



SOUTH 



BORDER 



A, B, C & D, four compartments in which to plant various crops, 

 alternately ; a to i, small compartments round the border for nursing 

 plants, sweet herbs, and setting out permanent beds of Asparagus, 

 Artichoke, Rhubarb, etc. The border facing South should be protected 

 on the North side by a close board fence or wall, and will be found 

 useful for sowing early Radish, Lettuce, Beets, &c, and setting out 

 Tomatoes, Egg-plants, etc. The waved line represents a grape trellis ; 

 the entrance is at E. This plan may be carried out in a garden of 

 greater or less extent. 



