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nuts even before our own transplanted 
plants have blossomed. Cucumbers grown 
in a hotbed may be regarded as a practical 
certainty by June 15th. 
In the fall, if we remove the soil and 
manure from the frames, we then have a 
pit in which to bloom crysanthemums. or 
to store and winter tea roses, perennials 
or bulbs that are not entirely hardy. Some 
plants, such as Easter lilies, tulips, and 
hyacinths, require darkness and warmth 
to develop an adequate root system before 
throwing out their tops. The hotbed is 
an ideal place for this purpose. 
In a hotbed we can also winter cabbages 
and cauliflower, and keep green and ready 
for table use, spinach, lettuce, radishes 
and Swiss chards. It is impossible to grow 
certain things, such as sweet potatoes, in 
the latitude of New York without the use 
of a hotbed to start and protect the plants. 
The general custom of setting out toma¬ 
to plants that have been started in hotbeds 
is of course universal. No one would 
think of attempting to grow them from 
seed in the open, as the chances are that 
before they could mature, the frost would 
kill them. Even under the best condition, 
the bearing season is just about at its 
zenith when the first frosts come. 
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(Continued from page 149 ) 
ever, the rows themselves soon began to 
look green with myriads of tiny weed- 
seedlings, and if Mantell had not been 
keeping a sharp lookout the field would 
have been beyond saving in a very short 
time. Instead of being less weedy than it 
had been the year before, it was much 
more so — a fact that puzzled Mantell 
greatly until Mrs. Mantell suggested that 
they had probably plowed up to the sur¬ 
face this spring the accumulated crops 
of weed seeds which they had plowed 
under last year so deep that they 
did not germinate. Whatever the 
reason, the fact remained that it took 
Mantell, Raffles and Robert, besides two 
men whom the Squire sent over to 
help them out, over two days to go over 
the patch. Rain drove them in the middle 
of the second day, which was a Saturday, 
and by Monday the onions were almost 
hidden from sight in spots, so rapidly bad 
the intruders grown. It was a close shave 
and made Mantell realize that there were 
some dangers in trying to do things on a 
large scale, that did not develop when only 
a small patch was planted. Nevertheless, 
when it was cleaned out it looked very 
fine, indeed, and he was quite proud of it. 
A dressing of nitrate of soda and another 
cultivating with the wheel hoe put it into 
the best of shape. 
Some of the garden things, however, 
had suffered neglect in the shuffle, and it 
began to be evident that the Squire had 
had some basis for his warning early in 
the season. It seemed quite evident that 
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