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The Canadian Horticulturist. 



HOW TO BUILD A SMALL CONSERVATORY. 



[We have frequent enquiries regarding the building of small conservatories, attached 

 to houses. Possibly this plan, which appeared in Gardening last month may be useful to 

 some of our readers.! 



HE drawings here presented show a small conservatory suit- 

 able to be attached to a private house. The dining and 

 drawing rooms of many houses are about 15 feet wide, have- 

 a chimney in the center with windows on either side of same. 

 This conservatory erected in conjunction with either of these 

 rooms would be an artistic and serviceable addition. The 

 windows could be altered to doorways with or without doors as desired. A 

 foundation built of the same material as that of the dwelling with stone footings 

 carried below the frost line should be prepared for the conservatory, or if this 

 be too expensive, locust posts could be used instead. If posts are used the tops 

 must be squared, and the proper angle given to those which form the corner of 

 the octagon. German siding could be nailed to posts, the board at the grade 

 line extending below the level two or three inches. 



By consulting the scale details in conjunction with the following description 

 you will, we think, understand the method employed in the construction of this 

 building. 



A sill 2 inches by 6 caps the foundations and should be laid in a thin bed 

 of cement. Floor beams 2 by 10 inches secured to the sill and supported at the 

 house on a 2 X 4 secured to dwelling, should be laid the 1 1 foot way of conserva' 



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