CHAPTEE XIII. 



THE BALSAM HOUSE. 



FOR commercial purposes it is necessary to devote a 

 whole house, or a large roomy and light pit, to the 

 culture of this fine species of plant. Indeed, I think 

 that, as in the case of most other things, an entire 



FIG. 27. SECTION OF A SIXTY-FEET HOUSE FOR BALSAMS, ETC. 

 Twelve feet high at the ridge, five feet high at the eaves, eighteen feet wide. 



References. a a, set of blank ventilators on each side, to open by rack gearing ; BB, 

 set of blank shutters, to open and shut by buttons ; DD, one-foot fixed panes of 

 glass all along the fronts ; E E, one foot of four-inch brickwork. 



place devoted to the growing of the Balsam is un- 

 doubtedly to its advantage, although I have else- 



