GREENHOUSE 



boarding these up to form the side-walls of the 

 greenhouse. In boarding them matched lum- 

 ber is used, outside and in, with sheathing 

 paper between each thickness of boards. A 

 very good wall is secured in this way, but it is 

 never as " true " as it ought to be, because of the 

 difficulties of getting the posts strictly in line. 

 Nor is it as lasting in its character as it ought 

 to be for a greenhouse attached to the dwelling. 

 This part of the house ought to be built as 

 solidly and substantially as any other portion 

 of it, because, once built, and built well, it is 

 good for a long term of years, while a cheaply 

 built affair will soon begin to go to pieces. It 

 pays to build the greenhouse on a foundation 

 of stone let into the ground deep enough to go 

 below the frost-line. If this is done, there will 

 be no heaving, with consequent loss of glass 

 and other annoyances resulting from unstable 

 foundation. Posts soon begin to rot below 

 the soil, and this is the beginning of the end 

 with a house built on such a framework. But 

 a house built on a stone wall is never subject to 

 decay, except from internal moisture, and that 

 can be largely avoided if plenty of paint is 

 used. Erect your frame on the wall precisely 

 as you would the frame of any other part of 



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