THE LATH HOUSE 



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mometer shows 70, and close them in the afternoon when it drops 

 down to 70. On a very hot day you can keep the temperature down 

 by repeated spraying of the floor, sides, etc., as it cools by evaporation. 

 At such a time it might not be desirable to wet the plants. 



Of course citation of these temperatures will be looked upon as 

 a joke, in some interior valleys in the summer, but they may be com- 

 fortable to read about even there. If you cannot do as well as pre- 

 scribed, do as well as you can. 



Watering Greenhouses. Although there may be advantages in 

 watering open air plants at night, it is not always true and it is apt 

 to be the other way in a greenhouse. As a rule if water is to be ap- 

 plied to the foliage of plants in the summer season it should be during 

 sunshine and it should dry away before night temperatures come on. 

 Some plants are quite apt to mildew if allowed to go into a chill with 

 wet surfaces. 



One of many forms of Lath Houses. 



Greenhouse and Lathhouse. Although the lath house belongs, 

 structurally and otherwise with the cold frame and has already been 

 mentioned in that connection, it has also close affiliation with the 

 greenhouse in all commercial affairs and is worthy the attention of the 

 amateur in the same way. Probably the next indulgence of the writer 

 will be the extension of his building toward the right (see ground 

 plan) with a construction of the same dimensions as the greenhouse, 

 but with roof, front and end covered with lath: the interspaces equal 

 to the width of the lath, giving half-shade. The entrance to the 



