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man. Some may say, it is a fine calculation as regards 

 figures. So it is, I admit; but when I calculate, I do 

 so from my own knowledge and judgment. 



The cost of constructing the camellia house may be 



estimated as below : 



s. d. 

 Eighty-four rafters, thirteen feet long, four and 



a half inches by one and a half .... 

 Two hundred and four feet sill and eaves plate 

 Forty feet ridge board, four and a half inches by 



one and a half ....... 



One hundred and forty-six feet run, one and a 

 1 half inches by one and a half, for sashes, and 



making them 



One hundred and forty-one feet run, one and a 



half inch by one and a half, for fixed sash bars 



in sides 



Fifty-six feet run, one and a half inches by one 



and a half, for fixed sash, for gable end 

 Stuff, and making fourteen sash ventilators at 



top 



One good door, and making , 



One thousand three hundred and sixty feet 



twenty-one-ounce glass, twenty inches by 



twelve, and carriage 



Seven hundred and thirty-six clips for glazing 



All the glazing 



Six thousand three hundred and sixty bricks 



and carriage 



Masons' work, and mortar . . . . . 43 3 6 

 Heating apparatus and fixing . . . . 30 



73 3 6 



By comparison this estimate, although of the best 

 materials and workmanship, is considerably less than 

 50 per cent, of the usual prices for building such a 

 house. Many will have some doubt about the work- 

 manship, and ask how it can be done ? But I am fully 

 prepared to show how it is to be done. 



