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Make successive sowings.

Fine to give bright colors.

Unexcelled for dry, sandy and sunny spots. Close at night.

Very ornamental annual. started in the house in pots.

Good midsummer annual and easy to grow.

Give a green background and rich, Pink, white, scarlet, yellow. Good for beds and to cut. Plant early in rich, moist soil, in the open. Later, mulch the roots.

Splendid annual for bedding in the sun.

Good summer plant for beds, and very easy to grow.

Grow in masses. Good to cut.

Best sandy soil.

Long-flowering annual.

The wide. Pack by tramping to a solid mass 18 or 24 inches deep. length will depend upon the number of sash to be employed. Select for this purpose horse manure containing sufficient litter to spring lightly when trodden. Now adjust the frames facing to the south. These are merely an open box without top or bottom. Build them of any sound inch lumber, 6 feet wide, and long enough to accommodate any required number of sash. Standard garden sash 3 by 6 feet in size can be purchased of seedsmen or dealers in garden supplies. Or suitable frames to hold the glass can be made at home or by a local carpenter. Including the item of labor, however, this method is likely to be more expensive. Make the front from 4 to 6 inches lower than the back so as to incline the glass enough to afford good drainage. Now spread 3 to 5 inches of good garden loam, or special prepared soil, evenly over the manure within the frame, put the sash on and let the bed heat. At first the temperature will be high. Do not plant seed until it falls to 80°. This will be in about three days.

Or, to make a permanent hot bed, dig a pit about 30 inches deep and 6 feet wide to any desired length and line the walls with brick or 2inch plank. Fill this with manure. Or, if convenient, install a suitable heating system. Care must be taken to adjust this so that the temperature within the hot bed will not exceed 80° F. Provide board shutters, straw matting, burlap or old carpet to cover the frames during cold nights. Also have at hand a supply of straw, or loose stable manure, to throw over them during cold snaps.