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As will be seen, this is a very cheap house, 

 and will hold from forty to fifty thousand cuttings 

 placed in flats. If planted in the ordinary way, 

 i. e., eight by nine inches, it will hold about one 

 thousand plants. For summer use alone, that is, 

 without heating apparatus, sides, or ends, the 

 house can be erected for less than one hundred 

 dollars. For growing plants in order to get 

 flowers throughout the winter the cost will be 

 about two hundred dollars, on account of the extra 

 heating pipe needed. 



If a shorter house than the one here described 

 is wanted it is a comparatively easy matter to 

 build it. A house thirty feet long would cost 

 little more than half as much, so it will be seen 

 that there are a number of advantages in having 

 sash for use in this way. 



CONSTRUCTION OF FRAMES. 



The simplest form of structure for growing 

 violets is the frame, which may be either cold or 

 heated. Frames should be located on ground that 

 is well drained, and if possible should have some 

 protection from north winds. It is customary to 

 place them, when practicable, at the foot of a hill, 

 but if this cannot be done it is desirable to have 

 them on the windward side of trees or some 

 similar place where the north wind will not sweep 

 over them. 



For violets the frames are ordinarilv made on 



