PRACTICAL FLORICULTURE. 



section shows a bench in the 

 middle, the other either a 

 solid bed of soil or a raised 

 bench, as desired. The scale 

 (one-eighth of an inch to 

 the foot) will give the height 

 of the walls, benches, etc. 



These greenhouses are 

 joined together on the ridge 

 and furrow plan, having 

 one slope to the west and 

 the other slope to the east ; 

 but if wanted for the pur- 

 pose of growing rose-buds 

 in winter, or, in short, for 

 almost any kind of plants 

 grown for the flowers dur- 

 ing the winter months, this 

 style of greenhouse (that 

 shown by figure 23) is not 

 so well suited, as it is found 

 that, when joined on the 

 ridge and furrow plan, they 

 shade each other in the dull 

 winter months, and that 

 there is not sufficient light 

 for the best development of 

 flowers, so that we now find 

 that for all kinds of flower- 

 ing plants, Eoses particular- 

 ly, the greenhouse struc- 

 ture should stand alone, 

 leaving an empty space of 

 fifteen or sixteen feet be- 

 tween the houses, and be 

 of the style known as the 



