CHAPTER VI. 



THE CAMELLIA HOUSE. 



THIS house is on a scale of one-sixteenth of an inch to 

 one foot, 1 so that it is very easy to construct, and will 

 cost but little. It is necessary that a camellia house 

 should run north and south, and thus avoid the strong 

 rays of the sun, as this flower will not bear the full 

 power of the sun. It will lose its colour in the foliage 



FIG. 23. CAMELLIA HOUSE. 



Reference to house. \, north; s, south, aaaaaaa, sliding sashes: B, set of 

 lights hinged on ridge, made to open by cords and rack gearing. The walls to 

 be nine-inch work. 



when fully exposed to the sun ; for this reason the 

 house in which Camellias are grown should face the 

 west or north-west if only one roof; but for trade 

 purposes, as for cut flowers, I recommend a span roof- 

 one facing east and the other west. Such a house 

 should be glazed with bars not further apart than 1 2 

 inches and 1^ thick by 4^ wide, i.e. 1| + 4| rafters; 

 1 This house is 40 feet long; 22 feet wide : 7 feet high at eaves. 

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