. Manual of gardening; a practical guide to the making of home grounds and the growing of flowers, fruits, and vegetables for home use. Gardening. sometimes too hot on the south side of large and light-colored buildings. One of the best means of protection is to plant a hedge of evergreens, as shown in Fig. 199. It is 201. A larger portable coldframe. ^^ desirable; aJso> to place all the coldframes and hotbeds close together, for the purpose of economizing time and labor. A regular area or yard may be set aside for this purpose. Various small and portable coldframes may be used about the ga
. Manual of gardening; a practical guide to the making of home grounds and the growing of flowers, fruits, and vegetables for home use. Gardening. sometimes too hot on the south side of large and light-colored buildings. One of the best means of protection is to plant a hedge of evergreens, as shown in Fig. 199. It is 201. A larger portable coldframe. ^^ desirable; aJso> to place all the coldframes and hotbeds close together, for the purpose of economizing time and labor. A regular area or yard may be set aside for this purpose. Various small and portable coldframes may be used about the garden for the protec- tion of tender plants or to Start them early in 202' A commodious portable frame. the spring. Pansies, daisies, and border carnations, for ex- ample, may be brought on very early by setting such frames over them or by plant- ing them under the frames in the fall. These frames may be of any A low coldframe. size desired, and the sash may be either removable, or, in case of small frames, they may be hinged at the top. Figs. 200-203 illustrate various types. Hotbeds. A hotbed differs from a coldframe in being provided with bottom heat. This heat is ordinarily supplied by means of fermenting manure, but it may be obtained from other ferment- ing material, as tanbark or leaves, or from artificial heat, as flues, steam pipes, or water pipes. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Bailey, L. H. (Liberty Hyde), 1858-1954. New York, The Macmillan Company
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