Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-09-19
COLD FRAMES A VALUABLE AUXILIARY TO THE GARDEN

However large and well arranged
the outdoor garden may be. or how
ever small and informal it is. and
though the one has as an AUXILIARY a
fully equipped modern greenhouse,
and the other a modest conservatory
nevertheless, for the achievement in
either case Of the eompietest success
IN gardening, cold frames are neces-
sary All commercial growers, from
whom it is wise to take lessons, no
matter how spacious their green
house, use many cold-frames.
Glazed CoIdframes or Hotbed Sashes.
Cold frame or hotbed sashes are u.s.
ually made six feet long and three
feet wide. They differ in their con-
struction from sashes used in build
ings, particularly in that they have
no crosswise sash and in that
the lower rail of the sash is about
one-half inch thinner than the upper.
Furthermore, they are glazed differ
entity. The upper ends of the upper
row of panes of glass and the sides
OF the panes rest in putty in grooves
just the same as in building sashes,
but the lower ends of the top row lap
over the top ends of the second row
of panes about one-fourth inch, and so
on the lower ends of the lowest row
thinner bottom rail When this sash
is placed on the slanting top of
eold-frame, with its thinner rail at
the lower part of the incline, 1t forms
a glass shingied roof divided at equal
intervals lengthwise by the sash
bars and carries off from the cold
frame the water which falls upon it.
Such sashes, usually glazed with
either by 10 or 10 by IL inch double
thick" glass; and painted by one coat,
can be purchased from greenhouse
building companies at about $3.50 to
$3.50 each. These sashes can be made
at home. if carpenters bench. good
tools and skill in their use are availa-
BILE; but, even then, If the mans time
is of much value, ii is far more eco
nomical to buy ready-made sashes;
which, furthermore, are usually
stronger and better made.
Building of the CoIdframe.
The length of a coldframe east and
west depends upon the number of
sashes to be used, but tho slanting
width outside, north and SOUTH should |
always be s feet II inches, so that |
the Sashes may overhang the cold
frame about one-half inch on botA
north and south sides. One sash will |
require a frame three feet east and |
west, ana tnreca addlllOnal feet FOR |
each additional sash; four sashes, for |
instance, requiring a frame twelve
feet outside measurement east and |
west; but, in each case the slanting |
width outside north and south re- |
mains feet II inches. In it's simplest |
form, a coldframe is a rectangular
box without bottom, and with it's
slanting top covered with glazed |
sashes 1t is made of boards one to
two inches thick; the north side
board is twelve inches wide, the south |
side board is six to eight inches wide, |
and each of its end boards, one at the |
east and the other at the west Is
twelve inches wide at its north end |
and six to eight inches at it's south
This simple structure Is placed di-
rectly on the surface of the ground,
the wider side to the north, as before
implied, and on it are laid the sashes
with the thinner rail toward the
south. Such a structure is quite use
full in spring and autumn, and In the
warmer sections of our country, in
winter also. There is, however, a |
coldfraine of a more elaborate form,
better adapted to the general needs of |
the garden, aud which has the adj
vantage OF being easily convertible |
into a hotbed or pit, and has several !