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came in handy and the covering of the building was done with old 

 shingles recovered from the re-shingling of the residence. They 

 were turned when re-laying and their beautiful bronzy coloration was 

 the envy of all the stained-bungalow builders of the neighborhood. 

 No estimate is made for cost of labor, because not a professional 

 hammer-stroke fell upon the building. To give the reader a definite 

 idea of the affair a ground plan is presented herewith, drawn on the 

 scale of one-eighth inch to the foot, so that one can easily calculate 

 the sizes of the house and its subdivisions and any builder can give a 

 bid for the construction of it, if the amateur prefers not to build it for 

 himself. 



Ground Plan of Amateur's Green House See Plates for Exterior and 



Interior Views. 



As the writer never had another greenhouse, he cannot particularly 

 recommend this one as having any superiority in form or dimensions. 

 It was built to fit a space and to favor construction with the char- 

 acter of the available materials. Its form is however probably ap- 

 provable from the point of view of securing strength with light con- 

 struction and of full illumination wherever desired. Its general ap- 

 pearance, external and internal, is presented in other engravings, which, 

 taken in connection with the ground plan, render descriptive com- 

 ment unnecessary. 



The interior view shows the boxes for seedlings and for starting 

 small cuttings mentioned in a previous chapter. For propagation 

 alone, it would be better to have the glass lower; that is nearer to the 

 sand surface. But for amateur uses it is desirable to have more 

 head-room and greater elevation for the benching of potted plants, 

 so this distance was chosen to meet both purposes. Ventilation is 

 furnished by openings under the glass on both the high and low 

 sides of the house and by opening end doors when the sun heat runs 



