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WITH LONG SPAN TO SOUTH. 



Will it be practical to build a green- 

 house forty feet wide with the roof fac- 

 ing entirely to the south? My present 

 house runs north and south and does 

 not get as much sunlight as seems to 

 be necessary. One reason for this is 

 that it is shaded somewhat by my 

 dwelling house, which is on the east 

 side, so that the sun must rise above 

 the dwelling before reaching the green- 

 house; then the sun's rays are reflected 

 at an angle. I wish to enlarge the 

 greenhouse on the present site; hence 

 the inquiry. 



If I build a 3-foot wall on the south 

 side, with fourteen inches or more of 

 glass, what should be the height of the 

 north wall? I expect to use raised 

 benches and should not object to enough 

 height on the north side to permit hav- 

 ing a potting room under the north 

 benches, with space enough to allow a 

 wagon to be backed underneath if nec- 

 essary. Would such a long span cause 

 trouble with snow? We get lots of 

 snow here, with temperatures some- 

 times 20 degrees below zero. 



What construction of bar and what 

 size of glass would you use? The night 

 temperature desired is about 45 or 50 

 degrees. The house would be about 

 40x50 feet. I have a boiler rated at 

 200; would another one of the same 

 size, coupled up alongside, give me 45 

 degrees at night? Geraniums and bulb- 

 ous plants are the principal stock 

 grown. What arrangement of benches 

 and how many posts would you use? 



J. O. S.— N. Y. 



While I prefer a width of not to ex- 

 ceed twenty-eight feet for a small 

 house, there, is no particular objection 

 to one that is 40x50 feet. The use of 

 one long slope to the south, as sug- 

 gested, answers well for a side-hill 

 house, but although the plan of having 

 a potting shed under the north bench 

 might be used to advantage so far as 

 the space is concerned, there would be 

 some inconvenience in handling the soil 

 and caring for the beds. 



The use of a three-quarter-span house 

 is suggested. The south wall should 

 be about six feet high, with two to 

 three feet of glass. The ridge may be 

 about sixteen feet high and the north 

 wall eight feet. There would be less 



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trouble from snow with this style than 

 with a house having but one pitch to 

 the roof. I would place a row of 1^4- 

 inch gas-pipe posts under the ridge, 

 with 1-inch braces running each way to 

 purlins placed about five feet from the 

 ridge. Two other rows of purlin posts, 

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 There will be room for five benches, 

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wide, are used along the sides, 

 will be room for about four 

 benches, six to seven feet wide. 



While a steel frame would be durable 

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