CeAP TER XT. 
THE BALSAM HOUSE. 
For commercial purposes it is necessary to devote a 
whole house, or a large roomy and light pit, to the 
culture of this fine species of plant. Indeed, I think 
that, as in the case of most other things, an entire 
Fig. 27.—SECTION OF A SIXTY-FEET HOUSE FOR BALSAMS, ETC, 
Twelve feet high at the ridge, five feet high at the eaves, eighteen feet wide. 
References.—a a, set of blank ventilators on each side, to open by rack gearing; BB, 
set of blank shutters, to open and shut by buttons; DD, one-foot fixed panes of 
glass all along the fronts ; EE, one foot of four-inch brickwork. 
place devoted to the growing of the Balsam is un- 
doubtedly to its advantage, although I have else- 
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