The Garden Under Glass

282 THE GARDEN UNDER GLASS A frame is also useful for wintering cauliflowers and lettuces, for layering carnations, for pricking off all kinds of young seedlings or rooted cuttings in spring, for violets ; and for growing a very large number of greenhouse plants during the warmer part of the year, such as pelargoniums, cyclamens, primulas, freesias, carnations, Chrysanthemums, calceolarias and numerous other plants. With all these possibilities surely there is no further need for me to emphasise the great value of a cold frame. The Miniature Frame I have in a previous chapter spoken of the vahie of a miniature frame as distinguished from a makeshift frame. Many amateurs have that yearning for glass which is so prevalent among those seriously afflicted with that populär disease known as a love of gardening. But this yearning cannot in many cases be satiated by the erection of a greenhouse and they have therefore to be content with a frame. When even this luxury is denied them the only thing possible is a miniature frame. Even with a small frame there are many possibilities, for, excepting in size, it is as useful, and fulfils the same purposes as a larger frame. It will scarcely be large enough for melon and cucumbers, but will serve most of the other purposes mentioned above. Making a Miniature Frame The making of a miniature frame involves no great expense. Any handy man with a few carpenter's tools will soon put one together. The only difficult part is the light. It will probably be possible to buy one of these second-hand, or, if a local joiner were asked for a price, it is unlikely that the figure would be abnormally high.