ORCHARD HOUSE. 



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ORCHARD HOUSE. 



from each of the six front posts, resting on 

 the corresponding back post. 



The rafters are 14 feet long. A 9-inch 

 deal, 3 inches thick, will make four of 

 them. On the upper side of each rafter j 

 is nailed a slip of J-inch deal, l inch 

 wide, which will leave J-inch on each -side 

 as rebate to receive the glass. The rafters 

 so prepared are fixed in their place to the 

 wall plates by having a piece cut out at 

 each end to correspond with the angle of 

 the back and front plates. They are then 

 firmly nailed, at back and front, by a strong 

 spike nail, leaving a space between each 



and thickness of the board out of each, 

 will receive the glass, and carry off the 

 water. The placing the glass is a very 

 simple process : a bedding of putty is first 

 laid in the rebates, the wood having 

 been previously painted, and then, be- 

 ginning at the top, a plate of glass, 20 

 inches wide, is laid in the rebates, and 

 fixed in its place by a brad driven into the 

 rafter ; and so on till the whole is covered 

 in : there are no laps, but the edges of the 

 panes touch each other, the joints in the 

 glass being what is termed open joints, 

 which are rather advantageous than other- 



6ECOND TERRACE OF BACK BORDER 



BACK BORDER 



CENTRAL - PASSAGE 



FRONT BORDER 



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FIG. I. GROUND PLAN. 



5CAIC OP 



15 



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rafter of 5 feet, which is called a bay ; this 

 is filled up by smaller rafters or sash bars 

 of a size proportioned to their length and 

 the use they are to be put to vines trained 

 to them requiring stronger bars. A piece 

 of f -inch deal board, 6 inches wide, nailed 

 along the top of each rafter, so as to be 

 even with their upper edges, forms the 

 ridge board, leaving a space between the 

 board and the rafter to receive the upper 

 end of the glass. A similar piece of inch 

 deal, 6 inches wide, let into the rafters by 

 sawing a piece corresponding to the width 



wise, if not too wide. The ends of the 

 houses are fitted up to correspond with the 

 roof, only that above the doorways a small 

 sash is fitted in for ventilation. These 

 sashes at each end, and the other provisions 

 for ventilation to be mentioned presently, 

 are said by Mr. Rivers to be quite sufficient ;- 

 indeed, he pronounces the ventilation per- 

 fect. Well-seasoned f-inch deal, planed 

 and jointed, nailed outside the posts, forms 

 the lower part of the house. 



In the front wall, sliding shutters, 3 feet 

 by i foot, will afford ventilation to the 



