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OKCHAKD HOUSES. 



this house, to grow the plants in the ground, not in pots 

 or tubs a practice which we, from our own experience, 

 cannot recommend. 



Some years since we built upon our own grounds a span- 

 roof house, twenty-five by seventy feet, which we have 

 used very successfully (fig. 147). The interior arrange- 

 ment is with border along the sides, a walk three feet wide 



F.j;. 146. PEAGH-HOUSE (from Fultorfs Peach Culture). 



all around, and a bed in center, the beds or tables all on 

 the same level. 



The advantages of a span-roof house over a lean-to, by 

 the greater and more equable diffusion of light, and the 

 more tasteful appearance which can be made both out- 

 side and inside, point to it as the most desirable. 



Fig. 148 shows a section of a movable house on iron 

 supports, the house fourteen feet wide and constructed 

 of length as desired. These houses are built in England 

 our sketch is from Pearson but we do not know of any 

 in this country. 



Although the first growing by Mr. Rivers was of trees 

 in a house free from artificial heat, yet he has found the 

 advantage of heating, and it is proved that with us a 



