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THE AMATEUE S GREEKHOUSE 



unless it was intended from the first to be removable at the 

 will of the owner. 



There are several kinds of portable houses now provided by 

 enterprising manufacturers, and amongst many good ones that 

 known as the "Pastonian," the invention of Sir Joseph 

 Paxton, is, perhaps, the best. Leaving the reader to select 

 for himself the ready-made article, we proceed to show how 

 portable houses may be constructed by village carpenters and 

 handy amateurs. 



The house represented pp. 45, 46, 47 was built by Messrs. 

 "Walker & Co., Newcastle-on-Tyne, for our correspondent, Mr. 

 Lant, of Cottonstone, Barnard Castle. The ground plan and sec- 

 tion will explain the whole construction. The house is twelve 

 feet long and eight feet wide ; the side lights five feet high from 



GEOUND PLAN OF POETABLE GEEENHOUSE. 



the base ; the roof ridge eight feet from the floor. There is 

 an open space of two inches width for ventilation along the top 

 line of the side lights, concealed by the zinc spouting, and 

 another similar space along the ridge. Both these can be 

 opened and closed at pleasure. The door panels and glass 

 over door are on hinges, so as also to serve for ventilation. 

 The interior is fitted with shelves two and a half feet wide. 

 The house is heated from a boiler, which only holds a gallon of 

 water, placed a foot deep below the surface of the soil. The 

 hot-water pipes are two inches in diameter. The flue is a 



