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is possible to send post free quite a number 

 of pretty flowers, such as sweet peas, 

 nasturtiums, and lobelias for a shilling. 

 It will be obvious to those who know any- 

 thing of flower culture that there is 

 scarcely any lim^it to its extension, given the 

 ability to do the work and to prepare 

 descriptive labels and advertisements. 



The present cost of a glass-house may be 

 based on the following figures, which repre- 

 sent the actual charges by makers who supply 

 nurserymen at special prices, and the paj^ments 

 made by nurserymen themselves. Where 

 two or more small houses are built side by 

 side the cost would reach 12s. per foot run, 

 or slightly more for a single house. For 

 larger houses, 27 ft. in width, with four 

 rows of 4-inch hot water pipes, 21s. to 

 23s. per foot run, the saddle boiler being 

 used unless the pipes exceed 1000 feet in 

 length, in which case a tubular boiler is 

 usually preferred. 



The woodwork would cost for ridging, 

 per hundred feet, 1| x 7, ICs. 6d.; capping, 

 1x4, 6s. 6d.; rafters and plates, 3| x 4, 

 17s.; purlin bevelled, 2| x 31, 10s. 6d.; gutter 

 posts, 3x3, 12s. 6d,; sash bars, 1| x 3, 6s.; 

 gutter boards (pitch pine), 1| x 11, 4|d. per 



