CONSERVATORIES AND SMALL GREENHOUSES 163 
leaving no air-spaces or crevices for the rain to 
leak through later. If this work is carefully done, 
it will not be necessary to putty again on the outside 
of the glass, but it should be gone over with white 
lead and linseed oil. Be sure to place the convex 
surface of every light up. The panes should be 
lapped from 1-6 to 1-4 of an inch, and held securely 
in place with greenhouse glazing points, the double- 
pointed bent ones being generally used. The 
lights for the ends of the house may be “ butted,” 
that is, placed edge to edge, if you happen to strike 
good edges, but as a general thing, it will be more 
satisfactory to lap them a little. The woodwork, 
before being put together, should all receive a good 
priming coat of linseed oii in which a little ochre 
has been mixed, and a second coat after erection. I 
have suggested putting the glass in roof and sides 
before touching the benches, because this work can 
then be done under shelter in case bad weather is 
encountered. The benches can be arranged in any 
way that will be convenient, but should be about 
waist-high, and not over four or four and a half 
feet across, to insure easy handling of plants, water- 
ing, etc. Rough boards will do for their construc- 
tion, and they should not be made so tight as to pre- 
vent the ready drainage of water. The doors may 
be bought, or made of boards covered with tar 
paper and shingles or roofing paper. 
The house suggested above is used only by way 
