Dreer's garden calendar : 1875 . dreersgardencale1875henr Year: 1875 6 Dreer's Garden Calendar. should be six feet four inches long by three feet wide, made of three- quarter inch boards. The soil should be enriched by old manure unless in good order; the object being to preserve and not to grow during the winter. Give plenty of air by raising the shutters, but on no considera- tion open the frame or expose the plants to the sun when the ground or plants are frozen. Very many who read this article on hot-beds and cold frames have never seen either, and are perhaps never likely to have one; to
Dreer's garden calendar : 1875 . dreersgardencale1875henr Year: 1875 6 Dreer's Garden Calendar. should be six feet four inches long by three feet wide, made of three- quarter inch boards. The soil should be enriched by old manure unless in good order; the object being to preserve and not to grow during the winter. Give plenty of air by raising the shutters, but on no considera- tion open the frame or expose the plants to the sun when the ground or plants are frozen. Very many who read this article on hot-beds and cold frames have never seen either, and are perhaps never likely to have one; to such there is an excellent substitute on hand in most dwellings, in the kitchen or basement windows, facing South or East, inside of Avhich is a temperature usually not far from that required for the vegetation of seeds, and where seeds of early vegetables, or tender plants for the flower border, may be raised nearly as well and with far less attention than in a hot-bed. In addition to the Hot-bed frame, mats or shutters will be required to cover the sash during cold days and nights. To work the garden, the necessary implements—spade, fork, s'hovel, rakes, hoes, trowel, garden-line and reel, watering pot, and wheelbarrow, are the most im- portant. KoTATiON OF Crops.—We are convinced of the importance of a regular rotation of the Esculent crops. To convey the idea briefly, we present a diagram of the garden as laid out to secure this result. s LJ NORTH ;ioFT ; E r BOEDER SOUTH BORDER A, B, C & D, four compartments in which to plant various crops, alternately; a to /, small compartments round the border for nursing plants, sweet herbs, and setting out permanent beds of Asparagus, Artichoke, Rhubarb, etc. The border facing South should be protected on the North side by a close board fence or wall, and will be found useful for sowing early Eaclish, Lettuce, Beets, &c., and setting out Tomatoes, Egg-plants, etc. The waved line represents a grape trellis ; the entrance i
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