AND CONSEEVATORT. 



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CHAPTER III. 



EXAMPLES OF PLANT HOUSE CONSTEUCTION AND HEATING. 



A EEW examples of the various forms and arrangements of 

 greenhouses may prove of more service to many readers of this 

 book than the foregoing enumerations of elementary princi- 

 ples. AVe shall begin with a very servicable span-roofed house,^ 

 adapted for a mixed collection of plants, with pits adjoining on 

 each side for bedders and. frame plants. It is designed with a 

 view to secure the utmost economy consistent with eflBciency. 

 It will be observed that the pitch of the roof is low, the ridge 

 being only nine feet from the ground Hne. The width is 

 twelve feet. In arranging the plants the tallest specimens are 



SPAN-EOOF HOUSE WITH PITS FOE BEDDING PLANTS. 



placed upon the centre stage, the next size on the side tables, 

 and the smallest stuff in the pits on each side. By this 

 arrangement everything will have ample head room, and at the 

 same time be near the glass; moreover, they will be placed 

 under the conditions most favorable for a frequent examii a- 

 tion. If preferred, the walk may be made down the centre, 

 with broad flat stages on each side. The house should be 



