THE GENESEE FARMER. 



shed roof, and stands facing the south. In the 

 back or low part are partitioned off two rooms. 

 The outer one (10^ by 20) is used as a shop, and 

 ithe inner one (10^ by 10) as a cellar or store-room. 



PLAN OF GREENHOUSE. 



n front, occupying 10^ by 30 feet, is the portion 

 levoted to the greenliouse proper. The green- 

 louse portion of the building is sunk two feet be- 

 ow the surface of the ground, walled up with 

 )rick to the surface, and filled with proper soil for 

 jorder, &c. The house has in front twelve pcr- 

 >eudicular sash, three ligljts wide and four high, 

 >f 8 by 10 glass. Every other sash is hung with 

 linges, so as to open. The top sash are station- 

 try, same size glass, and all of double thickness. 

 The novel part of the structure is the roof and 

 iliiids. The roof covers the whole building, ex- 

 pending to a plumb line with the front of the green- 

 house. The blinds, 

 twelve in number, 

 are made of siding, 

 dressed, matched and 

 fastened upon three 

 elects, and hung with 

 strong hinges at the 

 upper or back end. 

 These, Avhen let 

 down, make a com- 

 plete covering for 

 :he glass roofing, making an easy and quick means 

 )f sliading in summer, and a great saving of fuel in 

 fvinter. The blinds are readily raised and lowered 

 )y means of a cord passing over pulleys, as shown 

 n end view. 



At tlie east end of the greenhouse is the propa- 

 ^iting-houso, E, which h eight feet wide and 

 ;wenty-one feet long, the ground excavated three 

 eet below the surface, and walled up as in the 

 jroenhouse. The glass roof is stationary, except 

 Avo sash, which are hung with hinges to open back 

 ipon the stationary glass, forming a door for filling 

 H- cleaning-the bed, as well as to admit fresh air. 

 The heating is done by a brick furnace placed at F, 

 ■,he flue of which is shown by dotted lines, and en- 



END VIEW. 



ters a perpendicular chimney in the propagating- 

 house at 0. This flue continues from the top of 

 chimney at 0, over the door leading from the 

 greenhouse to the propagating-house, and enters 

 the main chimney at 11. Tliero is also another 

 brick flue, as shown by dotted lines, at the back of 

 the greenhouse, which enters the chimney about 

 six feet above the floor of the greenhouse, at H. 

 The pipe from stove in shop enters this flue, by 

 which all the heat is saved to tlie greenhouse. 



This greenhouse has now been in use three win- 

 ters, without injury to a single plant by frost, and 

 no fires have been built later than nine o'clock at 

 night. In the coldest wcatlier, some large sticks 

 of four feet wood arc put in and the furnace closed, 

 and in the morning the temperature has never been 

 lower than 40° and not above 50*. 



This house was built by the day, aad cost not 

 far from $300, and answers every purpose of a 

 more costly structure. 



RAISING WATERMELONS STJCCESSFIJLLY. 



Eds. Genesee Farmer: — I have been a sub- 

 scriber to the Genesee Farmer since the commence- 

 ment of Volume III, and have gained many valu- 

 able hints therefrom. I saw an article in Vol. VI, 

 relative to raising watermelons successfully, which 

 I have followed, and it has paid me for the Farmer 

 ever since, in having plenty of good melons tO' 

 enjoy. 



I dug a trench about two and a half feet deep 

 and about the same in width, filled it with horse- 

 manure in a heated state, stamped it down liard. 

 and then put back the earth, mixing well therewith 

 ft few loads of sandy loam, and planted my seed. 

 I had some boxes made of boards, six or eight 

 inches high, covered with millinet, muslin, or 

 other thin, open cloth, to keep off the striped bugs,, 

 which are so destructive to melons. 



I succeeded beyond my expectation, and have 

 used the same ridge for years. 



In the !-pring, I dig out the eartli and rotten ma- 

 nure, fill the same trencli as before, tlirowing back 

 the same eartli and rotten manure, thoroughly 

 mingled ; and if it needs more sand, add a load or 

 so, mixed with the earth. Tlie ridge will grow 

 better every year. Iloe well and water properly, 

 and a good crop may be expected. 



MarceUm, 21. Y., 1SC9. LAUEEN BEACH. 



Cultivate a Taste for IIoRTionLTURE. — Prince 

 De Ligne well says : 



"I would inspire everybody with my ta.ste for 

 gardens and gardening; for it seems to me an im- 

 possibility that this taste can take possession of 

 any one who is bad. All the virtues will find a 

 ready and congenial soil in that heart wliich has 

 developed this taste, and loves to talk and a^t hor- 

 ticulture. Fathers of families, innoculate, if possi- 

 ble, your children with the gardening mania." 



