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THE AMATEUR S GEEENHOUSE 



There is nothing so good for a stage in summer as large slates, 

 and nothing so good in winter as open wood-work. The houses 

 in which we keep miscellaneous plants have slate stages on 

 each side the centre walk. When affairs are made up for the 

 winter a substantial wood trellis is laid orer the slates at a 



"Unbeedful, desperate, wild adventure." — 1 Ren. VI. 



few inches distance, to allow of a free circulation of air around 

 and under the pots. The trellis is made in convenient lengths 

 and consists of deal bars two and a half inches wide, three 

 quarters of an inch thick, set one inch apart, witb cross-bars 

 to brace them together. In any case the staging must be so 

 arranged as to bring the plants as near as possible to the glass. 

 The subjoined diagrams represent a good and a bad way of 

 fixing the staging. 



In fig. 1 is represented one side of a low-roofed span (A), 

 and flat stasiing near the glass (B). This is a good arrange- 

 ment. In fig. 2 is represented one side of a steep-roofed span 

 (A), and rising stage (B). This is a very bad arrangement. 

 The central path being in the line A B, the plants are very 

 conveniently placed both for seeing and getting at them, but 



