THE EARTH'S BOUNTY 



the ground, to one and a half above, the front 

 and ends of the house were boarded up solidly, 

 and took seventy-eight feet of 1-foot 1-inch 

 hemlock boards for the inside, and about four- 

 teen 6-foot slabs for the outside. The latter 

 were cut into 2-foot lengths, and made quite a 

 pretty rustic base around the house. The 

 rafters were grooved to the depth of a quar- 

 ter of an inch, to make a support for the 

 sashes. 



For the roof ten ordinary hotbed sashes 

 were used. For the front, above the solid base, 

 three real conservatory ventilators, two feet 

 wide and four feet long, were used. The 

 woodwork and one row of nine-inch lights 

 filled in the remaining three feet of the entire 

 fifteen feet of length. The ends of the house 

 were all glass, and consisted of three graded 

 frames for each end. (The lumber yard in 

 the next village, being supported almost en- 

 tirely by florists, made special graded frames 

 and grooved scantling.) 



The building, extending from the front of 

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