. Dreer's vegetables under glass : a little handbook telling how to till the soil during twelve months of the year. Vegetables; Cold-frames. PART I. CHAPTER I. THE BEGINNING. People without experience or capital must begin at the foot of the ladder, if they would succeed in under-glass gar- dening. The key to the whole situation is the single sash, for when its uses and func- tions are fully understood, and its possi- bilities realized, the novice has become an expert, and is ready for greater things. The sash which at the start covers a cold frame is at length made to do duty on a hot bed. Th
. Dreer's vegetables under glass : a little handbook telling how to till the soil during twelve months of the year. Vegetables; Cold-frames. PART I. CHAPTER I. THE BEGINNING. People without experience or capital must begin at the foot of the ladder, if they would succeed in under-glass gar- dening. The key to the whole situation is the single sash, for when its uses and func- tions are fully understood, and its possi- bilities realized, the novice has become an expert, and is ready for greater things. The sash which at the start covers a cold frame is at length made to do duty on a hot bed. The hot bed sash, which originally began work in the spring, is put to work in the autumn, and made to produce results in winter time. The next step is to use the same frame of glass on a sash-covered forcing house, and of course the next is the forcing house constructed of large-sized glass, on the most advanced modem ideas. This little book will be divided into three parts. The first part will explain the several steps or stages by which the single sash, in a natural way, grows into the great glass structure which converts winter into summer. The second part will enumerate the more important winter crops, and give directions for their culture. The third part will be devoted to the winter crops of minor importance ; crops. 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 Dreer, Henry A. Philadelphia : Henry A. Dreer, Incorporated
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