. Cyclopedia of American horticulture : comprising suggestions for cultivation of horticultural plants, descriptions of the species of fruits, vegetables, flowers, and ornamental plants sold in the United States and Canada, together with geographical and biographical sketches. Gardening; Horticulture; Horticulture; Horticulture. 1099. Ventilating the Hotbed HOTTONIA can be secured, it is advisable to have it upon a side-hill sloping to the south. When hot water is used for heat- ing Hotbeds, a 2- or 2K-inch wrought-iron pipe is placed just beneath the ridge as a flow pipe, with one or two 2-in
. Cyclopedia of American horticulture : comprising suggestions for cultivation of horticultural plants, descriptions of the species of fruits, vegetables, flowers, and ornamental plants sold in the United States and Canada, together with geographical and biographical sketches. Gardening; Horticulture; Horticulture; Horticulture. 1099. Ventilating the Hotbed HOTTONIA can be secured, it is advisable to have it upon a side-hill sloping to the south. When hot water is used for heat- ing Hotbeds, a 2- or 2K-inch wrought-iron pipe is placed just beneath the ridge as a flow pipe, with one or two 2-inch pipes upon each of the side walls, the number varying with the season and the crops to be grown (Fig. 1101). Steam may be used in the same way, but the pipes should be one or two sizes smaller. In the northern states the use of Hotbeds for grow- ing crops during the winter months is not advisable, as better results can be secured in greenhouses, which will not be very much more expensive to binld, and will be more durable besides much easier to Imt in the spring Hotbeds are very useful for sturtiiiL' vi um tMble and bedding plants, as well as for grnwhii.' Iittuce, radishes and other vegetables. In the youth tire Hot- beds answer very well for use in the winter for grow- ing plants for the truck garden, as well as for forcing vegetables, but even there the simply constructed green- houses are more satisfactorj'. Coldframes differ from Hotbeds only in lacking arti- ficial heat, as they depend entirely upon the sun. The surface of the soil should be from 6 to 12 inches below the glass, and a large amount of plant-food should be provided. Coldframes are often used for wintering half- hardy plants, and for starting and growing plants in the spring, after danger from severe frost is over. Management of Hotheds. — \t the weather is mild dur- ing the latter part of February, the manure can be pro- cured and prepared for use so that the Hotbed may be started about the f
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