THE FLORAL WORLD AND GARDEN GUIDE. 



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MOVABLE PLANT-HOUSE. 



|Y the law of this country, the amateur's plant- 

 houses, from the moment of their fixture in the soil, 

 become the property of the freeholder ; arid although 

 very few houses indeed, unless expressly built for the 

 purpose, are worth removing, yet the amateur generally 

 teels regret, on changing his abode, that he cannot take his green- 

 house with him ; and this article is intended to assist those who are 

 desirous of constructing a house that is capable of being taken 

 down, removed, and re-erected, without injury. 



The diagram of the elevation shows a detached building set 

 upon a raised platform of earth, to give it a greater apparent 

 elevation, with a gravel walk surrounding it, and two steps placed 

 in the grass slope, by which to ascend the platform. The house is 

 composed of parts that, when taken to piecere, may be easily packed 

 np conveniently for carriage, and is thus constructed. First, a 



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ground sill, which may be of teak, if the expense is not an object, 

 seven inches wide by four inches in thickness, the four sides of 

 which are held together at the angles bymeans of irons screwed on 

 with square-headed screws (Fig. 9 a). No pegs or nails are to be 

 driven into any of the mortise tenons, but in every part use in lieu 

 thereof, either the screws Eig. 9 a or Fig. 9 b. The studs are 

 mortised into the sill, and have a substance of four and a half inches 

 by four inches ; and these again are mortised into the rafter-plate 

 (see section, Fig. 11). Between these studs (see section, F'ig. 10) 

 the sashes (b) are set up, and to keep them steadily in their places, 

 splines (e) are braded on to the studs. These Bashes may be exactly 

 like those used in house building, without, of course, the accompani- 

 ment of boxes and weights. Upon the front of the stud a 

 half-circular moulding (c) may be braded to give a degree of lightness 



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