How to make home and city beautiful, prepared to help those interested in making attractive homes and beautiful cities . , and plants cannotmake good growth without fresh air. The sun, also,causes intense heat on fair days. Hotbeds should havea little air on fair days even in winter. Generally how-ever, keep the temperature, during bright days, between6o° and 8o°, and cloudy days between 500 and 700. Atemperature of 900 or 100°, with the sash partly open,would do no harm, while a temperature of 75 in sunlight,with the bed closed tight, might do harm. On cold andcloudy days only open a very lit
How to make home and city beautiful, prepared to help those interested in making attractive homes and beautiful cities . , and plants cannotmake good growth without fresh air. The sun, also,causes intense heat on fair days. Hotbeds should havea little air on fair days even in winter. Generally how-ever, keep the temperature, during bright days, between6o° and 8o°, and cloudy days between 500 and 700. Atemperature of 900 or 100°, with the sash partly open,would do no harm, while a temperature of 75 in sunlight,with the bed closed tight, might do harm. On cold andcloudy days only open a very little, for a very few minutesin the middle of the day. A thermometer should always bein every bed. Cotton Shutters are cheap and nearly or quite asgood as sash after the danger of heavy frost is are made by tacking cheese cloth over a frame madethe same size as the sash. These frames are easily madefrom planed furring strips. Cold nights the hotbedsshould always be covered with mats. In winter, shuttersshould be placed over the mats. The bed without (heat)manure is called a cold frame. 44 HINTS AND HELPS. A Cotton Shutter Frame. THINGS TO REMEMBER. ist. Decide the location of the hotbed. 2d. Decide the size of the bed. 3d. Cut the boards the right lengths. 4th. Put on the Cleats. 5th. Take boards to the location. 6th. Arrange boards on ground near where theyare to stand. 7th. Set up sides and ends and fasten them together. 8th. Put in the braces. 9th. Dig out the bed. 10th. Fill in and tread manure, water and add fourinches of soil. Put on glass and keep closed for a few days. CHAPTER VIII. STRAWBERRY CULTURE. *VTHE strawberry is one of the most important of the?*? small fruits. It will grow with a fair degree of suc-cess on most any soil. A moist, dark, sandy loam is soil that will grow a crop of corn or potatoes willgrow strawberries. The richer the soil the larger thecrop. It should be well drained. If the water level ishigh, the land should be underdrain
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