Awning for a Tulip Bed. 



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The principle on which this awning is let down or rolled 

 up is that of the common roller window blind ; the difference 

 being that here two blinds are let down and rolled up at the 

 same time. The structure 

 which supports this double 

 blind consists of four posts 

 {Jig- 158., a, a, a, a), which rest 

 on the ground, are joined at 

 top by a frame (b), and at each 

 end by a semicircular narrow 

 board (c). The roller to which 

 the canvass is fixed (d) works 

 into these two boards, by means of a pulley and line at one 

 end (<?)... 



The canvass used should be such as will keep out rain, 

 when stretched in a sloping position. Having been sewed to- 

 gether of the proper length and width, it should be laid on the 

 roller, so as to reach the ground on both sides of the frame : 

 it may then be nailed on the roller; a slip of wood, or, better, 

 a rod roller or strip of lead, being nailed along its lower edges; 

 and it is then fit for use. 



The flower show of the Lancaster Horticultural Society is 

 held in the National School here, and I now send you a 

 plan and description of the arrangements which were adopted 

 on the 1 st of May last. The workmen commenced fitting up 

 the stage and tables early in the morning, and had finished 

 their work by eight o'clock, when the door was opened for the 

 admission of the competition flowers. These were received at 

 the table or counter placed close to the entrance (Jig. 159. a), 

 and were carried forward immediately by some of the com- 

 mittee, to the 

 stage (b), and 

 placed in their 

 proper places. 

 At 11 o'clock 

 the door was 

 closed, and no 

 one permitted 

 to be in the 

 room, except 



the committee and the judge, who then commenced selecting 

 from the first class of competition flowers a quantity of the 

 finest specimens, and had them removed to a side table (c), 

 where they were properly examined, the best placed in a line, 

 and the rest returned to the stage again. 



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This operation was 



