SO VEGETABLE GARDENING. 



well to use movable sash and take them off in the summer, but 

 such places are rare exceptions. It requires a very severe 

 hailstorm to break double strength glass, when at an angle, as 

 in a roof, and practically there is little risk from this source, 



(11) In the framing of greenhouses, for instance, for pur- 

 lines and posts, gas pipe can be used to good advantage. It 

 is cheap and durable. 



(12) All joints should be painted before being put to- 

 gether; all wood and iron work should be kept well painted. 



(13) In setting the glass it should be bedded in putty and 

 nailed in, in this way: paint the sash bars, then run a thin coat 

 of putty along them; bed the glass in it commencing at the 

 bottom of the sash and lapping the glass one-fourth of an 

 inch, on the same plan that shingles are laid on a roof. Fas- 

 ten the glass with round three-quarter-inch brads, using four 

 to each glass; put more liquid putty along the glass next 

 to the sash bars and smooth it off with a knife even with the 

 glass. 



(14) Liquid putty is made by mixing one-third boiled 

 linseed oil, one-third white lead and one-third common putty. 

 If too thick, as may be the case in cold weather, add a little 

 turpentine or benzine. It may be applied with a brush but the 

 best way is to put it on with a bulb bought for the purpose: 

 or a bulb may be madeof leather, having a large quill through 

 which to squeeze the putty. In the latter case there must 

 be a hole in the side or end by which the bulb is filled, that 

 may be drawn together by a string. 



