GREEN-HOUSE STRUCTURES. 



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GREEN-HOUSE STRUCTURES, 



AND 



MODES OF HEATING. 



THE construction of green-houses is now a matter of 

 much interest to a large portion of the community. 

 I have many applications every season from florists, 

 private gentlemen, and market gardeners, asking me 

 which is the best way to build this and that kind of a 

 green-house. I find it practically impossible to intel- 

 ligently reply to all these inquiries by letter, and have for 

 this reason written this article, giving such information 



FIGURE 1. (Scale ^ of an inch to the foot.) 



as I possess on the most approved methods of con- 

 struction and heating up to the present time. 



When a green-house of any large extent for private 

 use is to be constructed, involving an amount of, say 

 $5,000 and upward, I always recommend it to be the 

 cheapest plan to get the advice of a professional green- 



