. The Boston Cooking School magazine of culinary science and domestic economics . numerated,and in many others, one can still findthe small old-fashioned flowers, dearto past generations. And from theearly snowdrops and crocuses, the first messengers of springs arrival, to lateasters, many-colored, like the leavesof autumn, Salems gardens flourishand charm the eye, as they did in thefirst days of our national life. How many romances took place inthese old-fashioned gardens? Whoknows? The flowers, the shrubs, thesheltering trees, keep their secrets, andwisely nod their heads as if to say,We cou
. The Boston Cooking School magazine of culinary science and domestic economics . numerated,and in many others, one can still findthe small old-fashioned flowers, dearto past generations. And from theearly snowdrops and crocuses, the first messengers of springs arrival, to lateasters, many-colored, like the leavesof autumn, Salems gardens flourishand charm the eye, as they did in thefirst days of our national life. How many romances took place inthese old-fashioned gardens? Whoknows? The flowers, the shrubs, thesheltering trees, keep their secrets, andwisely nod their heads as if to say,We could tell if we would. Making and Planting the Hot-bed By C. B. Smith WITH the aid of a hot-bedwe can eat our own home-grown radishes and lettuce,onions and cress, before the last snowsmelt in spring. The tomato and cab-bage plants needed later in the gardencan also be grown in the hot-bed, readyfor transplanting with the first settleddays of spring. We gain about amonth or six weeks in time by thissimple device. One does not have to be especiallysmart to make a hot-bed. Anv one. Simple Hot-bed, showing Sash and Method of Construction who can drive a nail and saw off aboard can do it. The outside frameconsists of one board 12 inches widefor the back, one board 8 inches widefor the front, and two boards 12 incheswide at one end, tapering to 8 incheswide at the other end, and 6 feet boards are nailed together inthe form of a box, and over the topglass sash are placed. These glasssash can be bought already made, withthe glass in them, and this is the mostconvenient way to get them, when onlya few are are usually 3feet wide and 6 feetlong. The length ofthe hot-bed frame,»V^ *ft therefore, should besome multiple of 3,like 6, 9* or 12 feet,etc. A bed 12 feetlong and 6 feet widewould require 4 sashes,and this size of bed issufficient to raise allthe early radishes andgreens needed by afamily of five. The heating mate-rial for the hot-bedis generally fresh horse M
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