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THE FLOEAL WOELD AND GAEDEN GUIDE. 



PROTECTION FOE PITS AND FRAMES. 



?HAT some kind of protection is necessary where pits and 

 frames exist, and that such protection forms a consider- 

 able item in the garden account, will, we are sure, not 

 be denied ; then to preserve such covering in an efficient 

 state for as long a time as possible must be a matter of 

 concern to all who possess structures requiring it. The accompany- 

 ing engravings will show how this may be done, and the neatness of 

 the frame-ground be secured, and the confusion which mats, bass, 

 etc., laying about to dry, produces, be avoided. 



Fig. 1. 



Fig. 2. 



Pig. 1 represents a skeleton frame, made the size of a frame- 

 light, with diagonal braces, and bound at the corners with iron hoop ; 

 and at each end is a small chain with T- nn k) to drop into a staple 

 fixed in the frame or pit, by which means the frames are secured in 



their places. The scantling of timber used is 2 inches by 1| inch, 

 upon which is strained stout canvas, projecting over one end of the 

 frame, so that when more than one is required, the projecting edge 

 laps over the next light, and keeps the wet from goiug between. 



