CHAPTER XLIL 



ON SHADING. TO PREVENT THE FOLIAGE FROM 



BURNING. 



IN a former chapter I recommend whiting and white- 

 wash, believing it to be the best material to use for 

 shading Camellia structures; in fact I have used these 

 articles myself for years. 



I have, within a short time, had presented to me a 

 new process, which I think will far surpass the untidy use 

 of whitewash and whiting, and also the very expensive 

 way of shading with canvas and laths. 



Whitewash is often used so thick that it casts a gloom 

 over the interior of the house. It also has the appearance 

 of boards being placed over the glass to exclude the 

 strong light. 



All such practices are very unsatisfactory. 



Our object is to give the interior of the house the ap- 

 pearance of the structure being covered with ground- 

 glass. 



This new process, which I am now using for shading, 

 so far surpasses the old way, that I do not think that any 

 one who will adopt it will ever be willing to use the old 

 wash. 



Receipt for the wash. One gallon of turpentine, one 

 pint of boiled linseed oil, well mixed. 



This mixture can be put on the glass with an ordinary 



whitewash brush. 



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