March, 1915 
HOUSE AND GARDEN 
211 I 
with many of the advantages of the for¬ 
mer, most of the latter’s, and some of its 
own thrown in for good measure. It is 
the de luxe edition of the conventional 
frame, wherein one crouches in cramped 
attitudes and fear lest the seedlings be 
nipped by the cold before the sash can be 
replaced; it does its work efficiently and it 
is inexpensive to build. 
The chief requirements for the construc¬ 
tion of such a place are a perpendicular 
out-building wall with a southern ex¬ 
posure, four or five standard hotbed 
sashes, some 2x4 joists and rough boards, 
and a roll of tar paper to cover the roof 
and ends. The photographs show the 
The roof is covered with tar paper and slants enough 
to shed rain 
general plan of construction, which can be 
varied to meet individual requirements. 
In this particular case the beds are level 
with the outside ground, for the entrance 
doorway connects with an out-building 
whose floor is sunk four feet below the 
surface, but there is no reason why they 
should not be built up to conform to other 
situations. The beds should not be more 
than ten inches from the glass at its lower 
end, for the nearer they are the better 
Glass-fronted workroom built against the south wall of 
out-buildings 
will the plants grow and the more easily 
they may be ventilated. For ventilating, 
the sashes are simply lifted from the cleats 
at the lower end and slid the required dis¬ 
tance down their runways, thus leaving 
openings at the top. This must be care¬ 
fully attended to, for though the tempera¬ 
ture will run high during the middle of a 
sunny day, the ground itself remains quite 
cold and the plants will damp off quickly 
Single Row Frame— 
13 X 34 l >n. 4 for #5. 
Junior F rames. 
Sash 34 inches wide, 
by 38 1 / 2 inches long. 
2 sash frame . . $8 
3 sash frame . #11 
Junior Melon 
Frames 
I9§ x 2o\ in. 
5 for #4.40 
IO for $8.50 
Plant Frames 
o for $6.25 
A four sash standard frame, 12 ft.x 6. Price #23.90 
How to Give Your Garden 
a Running Start 
T HE latter part of last winter, you will remember, was just the 
kind that made you think that “spring is going to be early this 
year.” But it wasn’t. It lagged along until some of us had to 
plant our gardens all over again, and others said : “What’s the use, 
anyway, of trying to have an early garden any more in this confounded 
climate ? ” 
Along in February we reminded you that Cold Frames or Hot Beds were the only 
sure insurance against a late garden. We even went so far as to say pretty strongly, 
that you ought to buy some of our Frames — even if only ten of the Single Plant ones 
for #6.25, and boost your garden along two to six weeks. 
This year you are going to buy frames — you made up your mind to that, eight 
months ago. 
This being so, as it certainly is so, then the thing for you to do ; is send at once for 
our Two P’s Booklet, which tells you about the Pleasure and Profit of Cold Frames 
and Hot Beds. 
We have seven different sizes and kinds of these frames, or garden boosters. 
Send your order now (when we can ship at once) and have them ready for the first 
signs of Spring. 
Every one of them is illustrated, described and priced in our Two P’s Booklet. There 
are several pages of Helpful Hints, and a Planting Time Table, both of which you want, 
handy, under one cover. Send for this Two P’s Booklet. 
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