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THE FLOSii WOELD A^D GASDE^ GUIDE. 



skill of a corcTvprer: jciner to frame them.! 

 •widch is not to be iiad for nothing. The ^ 

 experience of the writer has canvinced him. i 

 thai s:' loi^ as a roof is fixed iirmlj and 

 steadHT in its po=iQoiL and -withoiit move- 

 able l%lits. the large rafters before referred , 

 ta mav safely and ecoaomicaliT be disjieiised I 

 ■with, and bars alone be Bsed. as shown in | 

 the accompanyini: plans, the bare to rarv in 

 depth and tiicknes? according to the tridrb 

 and Treighi of the glass -osed. The section 

 Tv shows a bar samcienilv stoni for glass 

 eigh-t indies ■wide, and sixteen Ounces to the 

 foot. These l^ars may be had ready grooved 

 and planed at any of the steam sa^w and 

 planhig mills, and the pnrling. posts, ■wall- 

 plate, boards to fix over the renri'laiors. 

 &C-, may also be boaght ready for tise, so 

 that anv ordinary carpenter or clever 

 labonrer may build snch a house, and if a 

 comer hy the garden-^wall can be spared, it 

 mav be done for a small sum. 



i^ leader must beaz in mind ^lis isnot a 

 j^atfiaKafBRmgboBse, bat •^>eeaiMBBe£33- 



ordinaiy parposeB, •where trae greenlioiise 

 plants m=y be bad in fio-wfr the year througi, 

 and the stock of bedding-plants be preserved 

 in ■p inter. A, the back and end ■walls ; B, 

 openings in back and front ■walls for ven'ti- 

 latioa-^(of these there shonld be plenty : a 

 board htmg by common joints, to cover 

 them •when not reqnired ot>€n. may have a 

 string and pnlley atiacbed for lifting, and 

 its o-wn -weight ■will k^ep ii down:) — C, 

 raised platform of earth covered -witn slates, 

 be'.dedin mortar to set plants npon: D, 

 posts or columns to support pnrling L on 

 which brackets are fixed to lay a shelf 

 upon: E. path: F, stage: G, nine inch 

 earthen japes (ntting well into each other, 

 and the joints weU secured, inside and ont, 

 ■with mortar in which is worked a portian 

 of cow-draig.) leading from famace. O, to 

 chimney. L, for the ptirpose of ieeptng omt 

 frost: H. 5tok&i(^ snnk three feet and 

 covered with -wood oowers. The scale ap- 

 plies ■to the gnmnd plan, to show its 

 measnremeals. H- Ho-wxett. 



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GAS-HE-^TTN'G. 



I oESEHvr that some of your correspor dents 

 complain of being deceived in iDtroducini 

 the gas-heating apparatus in greenlionses. 

 I do not know to -what partic-nlar apparatus 

 the objection applies, but I find no difficulty 

 "sriiij mj apparatus, which 1 have recently 

 put up. I have had a small boiler in use 

 for some time, for the purpcse of heating 

 vatier for a bath ; and I have now made the 

 tmmf boil^ answer both purposes, at a very 

 IMde cost. I find the heat very regular, 

 and tte gas requires little or oo atteiiB<m ; 



l/ut Titither &e hmler nor the gas art in ike 

 greemhouK. I have also attached to the 

 gas-pipe a single jet burrer, and placed it 

 under a Waltonian case, in which I can get 

 70 desTB. easily, while the gas costs a mere 

 hagaUUt. I have seen some splendid pines 

 gro'wn in a pi: where the water was heated 

 with gas ; in t>iis case, the gardener had no 

 . trcHible, aad never lost any of bis fruit : but 

 I bdiere Ike eoEfwas eoDsiderablv more. 

 I ■ A. B. C. 



PtdOuM, Oct. 18, 1858. 



