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should be two feet every way, i.e. two feet at the base 

 across them, and two feet up each roof. They should 

 be made in four-feet lengths for the convenience of re- 

 moval and for turning them up off the Peas at times, to 

 admit of dressing the crop, and for admitting a day's 

 nice rain occasionally. Blocks must be placed under 

 the south side of the glasses, to allow air to get to the 

 Peas. The glasses may be continued over them till 

 the beginning of May, when they may be entirely re- 

 moved, and used for ridge Cucumbers, Tomatoes, &c. 



The cost of these Pea-glasses will be 6s. for every 

 four-feet run complete, not more. Thus, sixteen feet 

 of glass twelve feet by twenty-four feet, at 2d. per foot, 

 carriage and all, 2s. 8d. ; the wood and the making, 

 3s. ; glazing, 4d. ; and if painted well they will last for 

 many years. If anyone can make them for himself 

 the cost will be considerably less. Every foot run of 

 such glass will cost from 2s. 6c?. to 3s. if made by pro- 

 fessional men. The exorbitant prices quoted by high 

 professional horticultural builders are a great drawback 

 to horticulture ; they keep back the trade, and admit 

 of the foreigner successfully competing with the home 

 grower. Let the professional market gardener be his 

 own builder, go to the best market for all his stuff, 

 and erect his own glass, and then he will not only save 

 fifty per cent, in the cost, but he will be able to fairly 

 compete with the foreigner. It is even easy for a man 

 to fix his own hot-water apparatus, and it is now a very 

 simple matter for any man to fix his pipes with those 

 india-rubber rings I have before referred to. A mason 

 may be required to set the boiler, but all the rest any- 

 one can do. 



