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getting out of repair, and is as permanent as the house it- 
self. It will be understood that this style of building glass 
houses, is simply a frame work covered with glass, with- 
out any double sash, and consequently there is no use fur 
any additional portion of the rafter above the sash bars 
‘as is the case where the sashes are made to slide), which 
is a decided improvement in appearance, and equally suit- 
le. The house is heated by one of Hitchins’ of New 
fork middle sized boilers, and there is a lineal measure of 
340 feet of four inch pipe employed, giving a double row 
of flow and return, beside the necessary appendages, One 
row is fixed close along the front, and the other at 1 lis- 
tance of seven feet nearer to the back, which leaves reom 
for a pathway, without any dip in the pipe, and there is 
the additional advantage of having all the heat arising 
from the front, and lower part of the house, thereby se- 
parts. e are two rows of vines planted, one to the 
back wall, and the other about a foot nearer to the middle 
of the house than the front row of pipes, which makes a 
distance of eighteen inches from the extreme front; the 
lower part of each of the roof vines is curved towards 
the bottom of the rafters, and consequently project partly 
over, but are some distance above the pipes, and to prevent 
injury from the heat when the apparatus is at work, there 
is affixed behind each, a short beard, about ten inches 
wide, which protects the stem most effectually. The ob- 
- ject of this arrangement was to insure warmth in front. 
and more particulary the lower part, and at the same time 
with the vines planted inside. It is a plan which we have 
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