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CHILDREN'S GARDENS 
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raised “ hot - bed ” or heap of manure, which 
was turfed over outside the frame. Inside, the 
manure was covered with good soil. In the 
autumn I filled it with cuttings, chiefly of 
pansies, for I was so fond of them ; but 
I found that much more tender plants, such 
as calceolarias, would do quite well there 
all through the winter, if I was careful only 
to keep the frame open in the warmest 
part of the day in cold weather, and cover 
it well with brackens and a mat in hard 
frosts. In the spring out came the cuttings 
and in went the seeds, at least all the tender 
ones, as I always had plenty of hardy ones 
too. How well I remember the first year of 
my frame, and the row of seeding godetias 
that came out of it—“ Lady Albemarle,” a 
bright pink, and “ The Bride,” a pure white, and 
how proud I was of my little beds that year. 
One question is sure to present itself to any 
child : “ How deep are my seeds to be sown ? ” 
and it is certainly rather a puzzle at first. An 
old gardener told me once that he was leaning 
over the railing of a small allotment garden 
watching a young man at work. He was sow¬ 
ing a row of peas. When he came to the end 
of the row and looked with satisfaction at his 
work, the old gardener called to him, “You had 
better say good-bye to them, as that’s the last 
