16 Every Day m My Garde7t 



TWENTY-SECOND DAY 



For filling a hot-bed, take one part rotten 

 straw stable bedding to one part very fresh 

 horse manure. Mix well, and fill to the top. 

 Put on the glass frames and leave two dax^s 

 or until the temperature has risen to 100 deg. 

 F. Then tramp down the surface about one 

 foot and put on six inches of soil. For 

 flowers use Direction No. 9 ; for vegetables, 

 No. 10. Put on the glass again. 



TWENTY-THIRD DAY 



TWENTY-FOURTH DAY 



Whittle some dibbles ; they are sharp-pointed 

 sticks about six inches long and one-half inch 

 thick, and are used in making holes in the 

 soil of the flats when ready to transplant seed- 

 lings, and may be obtained at any seed store. 



