The First Important Step to Successful Ga r- 
dening is Hotbeds. 
Every gardener, farmer, and those with private home gar- 
dens should have one to a liundred sash, according to the 
extent of their growing of vegetables. Large market-gar- 
deners make their biggest profits 
from their hotbeds. 
They will last for years; the 
cost IS small, the returns big. 
Order the sash now, and get your 
hotbeds ready. See prices below. 
There is Much Pleasure 
and Big Profits are 
Made by Growing 
Vegetables in Hot- 
beds and Coldframes 
1 urge all my customers to use 
more sash, for every dav you gain 
in getting vegetables to market 
earlier means better prices, quicker 
sales and more profits. 
The sash I offer you are posi- 
tively the strongest and best 
made. They are 3 x 6 feet, iK 
inches thick, all joints are blind- 
mortised, white-leaded and steel- 
dowell-pinned; a 54-inch round 
steel rod supports the bars in 
the center. 
Coldframes are tho<!e 
warmed by the sun only; 
hotbeds are heated by an 
. under bed of manure, giving 
I heat by its fermentation. They are 
both a sort of "small greenhouse" 
that will yield bountiful returns 
every month in the year. 
This illustration shows how to 
make a hotbed. Put in 2 feet of 
fresh horse-manure for winter, usp 
half that depth for spring. ML\ 
You will have clusters of ^\TrlT\.l^^. Ze^'V^ll^ 
wiirbe°rtpening ttllw^ks' btTlLvl s°°h o^^lir'eeT.fs'and uSfi.tfhe ''f ""f''"' 3"="'"^.^ Tran.p down 
m advance of others. Now place 9 inches of gLd soil on ton frel fr T'?'^ ^^"'^^ degrees. 
thoroughly well-rott?d manure TliT'.-f? ?" lumps, the hner the better, having mixed with it 
seeds. Hotbed Mats 40 x 76 inchen" 76 xrt inches Ji ts °" " '"^^ °' '"""^ "'^^'"^ ^ ^'^'^ '^e 
Start Tomatoes in your frames in February and stake 
them up as the season advances. Tut off all laterals 
leaving only a single vine. This is the ideal way of 
securing early Tomatoes. Leave them growing right in 
the frames. 
Suggestions for Pre- 
paring Hotbeds and 
Coldframes. 
Test Number Two 
Rest opposite corners of one of our 
Sash on supports and give it a twist, and 
see how snug and tight the joints stay. 
Tost Number Three 
Put a support under one of our Sash 
and lift one man right off his feet. This 
IS an all-round test that, severe as it is 
not a light of glass will be broken. 
£ TT^' ^ 5 * ' j^'- ■ '^'"e<' painted, two coats, single-light, $3.50; double- 
light, $4. Unglazed and painted, one coat, single-light, $L40; double-Ught. $1 80 Un- 
glazed and unpainted, single-light, $L27; double-light, $1.65. . •» -ou. 
PRICES OF STANDARD FRAMES: 2-sash Frames, without sash, $6.50; with sash, $13 50 
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P^ff^Of SDB-FRAMES: For 2-sash Frames, $6; for 3-sash Frames, $6.85; for 4-sash 
Test Number One 
Take one of our Sash and 
jam it down hard on the comer. 
You will find it solid as a rock. 
