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The Canadian Horticulturist. 



A NEAT LITTLE GREENHOUSE. 

 IN England amateur greenhouses, something hke the one illustrated, 

 are very common and may be of any size to suit the purse of the 

 owner, from that of twelve feet by eight, as the one shown, which is 

 called a lean-to, or backing up against some part of the dwelling, upwards. 



Such houses are there contracted for complete, and come as low as $55, and 

 may be easily constructed here for $100. It should, however, always conform 

 in a measure to the style of the house. 



The principal difficulty in such houses is the heating in our cold northern 

 winters. It is an error to depend upon borrowed heat from the rooms for either 

 these or the inclosed piazzas. What is wanted is a isnug little heating apparatus 

 that will not consume much coal and that will last all night without attention. 

 Even this part is not thoroughly satisfactory in the old country, if we are to 

 believe a late writer, who claims, on the ' 

 whole, that the old-fashioned flue comes 

 nearer being satisfactory than the number- 

 less apparatuses advertised therefor. And 

 yet with our hard coal a properly-con- 

 trived boiler and pipes should meet all 

 the requirements. And it undoubtedly 

 would if expense is left out of the count. 



What has been said about these glass 

 houses drawing heat in the dog-days, 

 holds good with double force with this class of .structure, and our advice would 

 be to attach them in such a way as not to inclose any important window space, 

 or the summer heat will surely be a nuisance. 



Now-a-days, when nearly all carpenter-work is got out complete at the large 

 factories, any one living near them can ascertain exactly how much the material 

 will cost, and then a carpenter in a few days will put it up. — Prairie Farmer. 



Setting out Orchards. — Many orchards are set out in autumn ; still more 

 in spring ; but whether set in autumn or spring, the ground should be well pre- 

 pared in autumn. If the soil holds water in wet season, it must be well under- 

 drained. Subsoiling in most localities is of much value. This w^ork, it is true, 

 may be imperfectly performed after the trees are set and are growing, but the 

 work is more easily done, and in a better manner beforehand. Some persons 

 mistakenly recommend setting trees where nothing else can be raised, as on hill- 

 sides or among rocks and stones ; but as a good and well managed orchard is 

 commonly more profitable for the acre it occupies, than almost any crop, tlie 

 best ground should be chosen for it, so that good cultivation may be given. It 

 was formerly recommended to dig wide holes. This practice answered well for 

 a limited number of trees, where the subsoil was hard and had not been loosened. 



