Barr & Sugden's spring seed catalogue and guide to the flower and kitchen garden / Barr & Sugden. . Burr and Sugden, 1872.] BARRS NEW HEATED FRAMES FOR RAISING SEEDS, STRIKING CUTTINGS, OR PRESERVING DELICATE PLANTS DURING THE WINTER CASE A. CASE B. It would be impossible to over-estimate the importance and usefulness of these frames to amateurs and ladiesondof gardening, whose glass accommodation is limited. Every amateur knows how difficult it is to raise delicateor hard seeds, and to strike a supply of cuttings for the flower garden, if a suitable hot-house is not meet
Barr & Sugden's spring seed catalogue and guide to the flower and kitchen garden / Barr & Sugden. . Burr and Sugden, 1872.] BARRS NEW HEATED FRAMES FOR RAISING SEEDS, STRIKING CUTTINGS, OR PRESERVING DELICATE PLANTS DURING THE WINTER CASE A. CASE B. It would be impossible to over-estimate the importance and usefulness of these frames to amateurs and ladiesondof gardening, whose glass accommodation is limited. Every amateur knows how difficult it is to raise delicateor hard seeds, and to strike a supply of cuttings for the flower garden, if a suitable hot-house is not meet this want, many heated cases have from time to time been introduced, but they were either too compli-cated or too troublesome. Consequently they were soon discarded. We have made simplicity the characteristic feature of our case, being manufactured of galvanized iron,japanned green, and placed on a stand. It has a water tank, a hot-air chamber, and a lamp, but none of theseare observable when the case is at work. The lamp simply requires trimming night and morning, and re-plenishing with oil; this is done by one of our boys. We use the best Colza oil. To give an idea of the valuewe put upon these cases ourselves, we test the growth o
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