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ORCHARD HOUSES. 



this house, to grow the plants in the ground, not in pots 

 or tubs — a practice which we, from our own experience, 

 cannot recommend. 



Some years since we built upon our own grounds a epan- 

 roof house, twenty-five by seventy feet, which we have 

 used very successfully (fig. 147). The interior arrange- 

 ment is with border along the sides, a walk three feet wide 



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all around, and a bed in center, the beds or tables all on 

 the same level. 



The advantages of a span-roof house over a lean-to, by 

 the greater and more equable difi'usion of light, and the 

 more tasteful appearance which can be made both out- 

 side and inside, point to it as the most desirable. 



Fig. 148 shows a section of a movable house on iron 

 supports, the house fourteen feet wide and constructed 

 of length as desired. These houses are built in England 

 — our sketch is from Pearson — but we do not know of any 

 in this country. 



Although the first growing by Mr. Rivers was of trees 

 in a Louse free from artificial heat, yet he has found the 

 advantage of heating, and it is proved that with us a 



