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GARDEN AND FARM TOPICS. 



growing rose-buds in winter, 

 or, in short, for almost any 

 kind of plants grown for 

 the flowers during the winter 

 months, this style of green- 

 house (that shown by Figure 

 4) is not suited, as it is found 

 that, when joined on the 

 ridge and furrow plan, there 

 is too much shadow, and the 

 necessary light required for 

 the best development of 

 flowers in winter is not ad- 

 mitted, so that I now find 

 that for all kinds of flowering 

 plants, Roses particularly, 

 the green-house structure 

 should stand alone, and be 

 of the style known as the 

 three-quarter span ; that is, 

 having an angle of about 

 32 degrees to the horizon to 

 the south, and an angle of 36 

 or 38 degrees to the north, 

 as shown by Figure 5, which 

 is on the same scale. 



For the same reason, (the 

 necessity of sunlight in win- 

 ter,) the wood work should 

 be made as light as possi- 

 ble consistent with strength, 

 and for this purpose I 

 prefer to use well-seasoned 

 yellow pine, as it has more 



