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Definition of Hotbeds
1. hotbed [n] - See also: hotbed
Lexicographical Neighbors of Hotbeds
Literary usage of Hotbeds
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Successful Farming; a Ready Reference on All Phases of Agriculture for by Frank Duane Gardner (1916)
"Cold- frames, hotbeds and greenhouses are used for this purpose. Cold-Frames.—Cold-frames
are wooden or concrete structures covered with glass or cloth. ..."
2. The Forcing Book: A Manual of the Cultivation of Vegetables in Glass Houses by Liberty Hyde Bailey (1897)
"Asparagus can be forced on greenhouse benches, in frames or in hotbeds, ...
Forcing in hotbeds, f— "A most suitable place for forcing asparagus is a frame ..."
3. Vegetable Gardening by Samuel Bowdlear Green (1915)
"Some find that they cannot get along without hotbeds or a small ... Home gardeners
find hotbeds and cold frames of special value in starting early cabbage, ..."
4. The Principles of Vegetable-gardening by Liberty Hyde Bailey (1901)
"hotbeds A hotbed has artificial bottom heat. This heat is. ordinarily supplied
by means of fermenting manure, but it may be obtained from other fermenting ..."
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