A CHEAP GREENHOUSE FOR PLEASURE AND 



PROFIT. 



DHAVE seen from time to time in 

 your columns, instructions on 

 building various styles of green- 

 houses. Now I think I have one 

 that some others would like. It is one 

 which I made myself during my leisure 

 moments, both night and morning. I 

 present the drawings that others may 

 do as I did. The plan (Fig. 1555) is 

 ^-inch to the foot. The rafters and 

 uprights I had made, but the rest of 

 the work I did myself. 



There are 600 panes of glass in the 



The boiler room is 2 feet deep. The 

 bottom or sides are cemented or stones 

 laid in cement. The top and sides are 

 lined with sheet iron and painted to 

 keep from rusting. The chimney is of 

 brick about 7 feet high, and four lengths 

 or 6 feet of 6-inch Acron pipe on top of 

 brick. The ventilator over the boiler 

 is of galvanized iron, 8 inches in di- 

 ameter, 6 feet high, with a damper in it. 

 This takes away gas that may escape, 

 and is regulated at night to keep the 

 house ventilated. 



Fie. 1555. — A Low Cost Greenhouse and Boiler Room. 



roof and end ; the size is S}4 x 6*4 

 inches. These were plates of pictures 

 or photographic negatives — larger glass 

 would be better. The glass in the 

 belt or the upright is 9x12 inches. 

 The rafters are ^-inch between the 

 glass and the uprights are ^-inch be- 

 tween the glass. This makes every- 

 thing come all right. 



There are two skylights on the east, 

 and one on the west side, two slide 

 windows in the belt on each side of 

 the house. From the bottom of the 

 belt to the ground is 3^ feet. This 

 can be made from old boxes, with a 

 cleat or strip over the crack of the 

 edges. 



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The boiler is a No. 12, made by 

 Howes, of Boston, for hot water, and is 

 the best thing of its kind I have ever 

 seen for a portable boiler. This is the 

 second winter I have used it, and I do 

 not have any trouble to keep the house 

 at 60 degrees, when it is zero outside. 

 It takes two tons of egg coal, and one- 

 half ton of screenings for the year round, 

 by putting on a little coal four times a 

 day. The coal bin will hold one-half 

 ton of coal and one-half ton of screen- 

 ings. 



There is about 112 feet of 2-inch pip- 

 ing in the form of the letter L running 

 under the west side and end of bench. 

 The east side is portable, so I can take 



