522 
ar- 
—— 
matters belongin na the business of the G 
ecial instances, 
t 
ina few spec 
deal with the балоо үт т to 
pura of the globe; the indications they afford of 
and climate; and the prospect they hold out | or 
THE GARDENERS' CHRONICLE AND AGRIOULTURAL GAZETTE, 
ve been 
[Jews 7, 1862, 
spanning the house internally at intervals of abont 
LIE is better than wood or bri i 
ж, т zar m bortien]. 
hi ural buildings, argues Mr. Овах: N, 
glass “© cannot be too liberally used v bearing 
in mind that buildin ings "v uel уур, 
C1 prm ventilated." be 
He would cons d 
rim with such eumbrous things as as wall pl 
heavy wood rafters (the ‘‘rafters” towhi ch а. 
QAUM 1. roducers, or to trade and — 
as consumers. сы bi painan must ther efor 
the main mination; ог há ls, 
subject of e 
machines, and diher artificial contrivances which 
Se AMA are 
to be sought, not among the 
European luxury, buf amidst the уай үте that 
i distant countries, am 
of | illustrated м NT published, md be 
| curyes just alluded to. He has 
e 
n | whie 
sometimes s uter poet in ов 
ha deseable pee xU 
Mr. CRANSTON, о mingham, in a profusely 
however, presented us with some rather startling 
|innovations upon the Ho lus їй 1o W 
u 
various forms of greenhouses hothouses in 
civilisation were but. dimly shown i h there are no upright : sides, but the buildin g j 
1851; is made up, жечу 
fient etd . Until the present mue л yar miy of a series of short slopes commen 
was formed no one could have entertained a ound ы т each one verd inwards 
h of the 
n 
politioal Dy cm етене it. 
es before the jos n, and can 
in our 
^ 
slopes each start from what is called a “ radial 
r | rib," though it is not very Ment why this name 
should have been given toit. Itis, in fact, a strip 
of timber running омани the building, and |r 
d 
эч рн во as to serve the double purpose of a 
and a support to the slope which comes 
лоо ssion above it. А seetion of а mode- 
n house > presents about : four of these 
1 апа 
rather of the nature of stout sash-bars 
by means of the ** radial? ribs, baro), and a Lo 
e 
small perforations, he would 
** efficient ” pai gun to ern » alludes, 
—— which are eae in 
апа, about half the width 
HE 
ғ 
(окоти d A fi Е: она to the CM 
ieh th pe owhere stated 
increased, each additional plane causing the intro- 
к of апо Аат of the perforated *' radial 
ensem to the data Mr. CnAxsrON furnishes, 
houses of 15 feet in width have four ©“ radial " 
ribs on each side, Ж». bu of 20 feet have 
five, and ns. ‚А! 25 f six on each side, 
w spread over some калаға 
exhibits i in з. perfection every raw mat erial to which 
fet of space, and | som 
tehed consequently has Ж, each side three of the venti- | 
lating *'radial" г Other houses "d sm 
is р: effici cie ent" ventilation ? 
Perforations of % inches long and half the 
width, the largest we find alluded to, would we 
lean-to Le are made up of three, o 
mes of фе only, of these "ws placed 
larger span-roofed structures 
timber 
fees Sedi minerale tbe tne Ring 
an ineh in breadth. For a spen-tuiled house 
20 feet wide the openings would therefore equal a 
starches—to say nothing of sugar, rum 
liqueurs. 
ааа 1р] тї + Ж ^ th +1; 
б 1314: Гк PN 124 
continuous longitudinal aperture e abont 10 мө 
wide, which might be lessened by closing an 
ue 
We believe we are correct in stating t 
жу thing іп the Exhibition so much excites the 
miration of foreign visitors as the pog en а, 
тч British Colonies, valuable as is that 
н умети of the con 
of Alge 
шас по 
Геб е пога visitor ча his eyes around Under 
mber to compare | 0r cst dà large and оре o Ж up 
with that ot Canada, Л Eei үм ме Soniri iaia matured design or bad Otih - no flaps 
for corn, and he or shutters gaping t3 to form 
him. Where will he find any ti 
coloni ies Я 
Мт. 
| house should P may be gathered from this passage 
of his A house almost entirely of 
s pamphl 
tinental powers, e glass rising in a нае em directly out ofa 
а awn, with no ho -— qe of brickwork 
t, red and та Tuy avy ti 
RANSTON's notion of what a a garden glass | par 
mbers 
a 
par 
the openings in this 
from шск s more familiar methods, there does not 
appea s to be sufficient provision e either 
hot veter in the сазе of forcing houses, or for 
mild wea eather in the case „of structures 
or im 
holes fi 
cd hardy character, „Otherwise the plam, 
is a building 
countries. n 
matchless perfection in the same „рагі of the 
lenit аам Michi oo e mu ide 
W Жош 
this sort, more or 
building. 
equal to that of Queensland, New South Wales, |i 
а 
d s 
Et) ir 
would have much of the advantage without the 
s old- fashioned 
small-pane system of is g, under 
whi ch there was е hi much Y risk of stifling 
Bond e 
- 4. 
{еп Sp зна the best growths 
say nothing 
t excellence thre: 
ef [збек Portuga, ч Wes 
— our limits. 
f mineral 
emi 
ineer, every agricultural labourer who 
бең whose frien m si 
brought within its range, even though the. new 
Let us now see what are pointed out as the 
| | peculiar features of the plan itself. First, ““ there 
is an entire absence of tramed joiner's work, ve 
as sashes and lights, either sliding or fixed 
ystem of plate-glass e laps. 
The efficiency of the i perforated ribs" for the 
purposes of ventilation, of which Mr. CRANSTON 
peor] seems to have no doaki is, he states, “in 
e horizontal and pro- 
E mortieing and tenoning or other expensive 
orkmans hip. Then “е roofs of the hou 
f ps ач of ben 
[у „a divisional arrange ment ot the glass into 
t a different angle, so that ‘curvilinear roofs of 
ч contour are RIS n and this with the use of | 
h compartment being fixed | 
just to 
wi 
small cost of visiting the e wes 
any 
ith 
ue Pe SE the rafters i» 
а valvular 
n. eed the top s мә of it the 
of 
so framed 
rafters, horizontally by th 
also of wood, „50 fixed as to make the t "T one 
ents | the 
throu 
the 
sadi s of "he th 
em сап be well ll ventila: ted by large o 
y kind, be they in the тода or siden for the 
n 
34 
„э TY 
form may be 2d E for the purpose 
intended. The curvilinear roof itself must ha 
ew or wert Which 
some extent varied the aspect of sup- 
radial’ ri 
receive them. 
n Account, with E. Sketches, of Cranstows Patented 
The are th у= ез fixed vi 1 
^ other timbers yu eie in in the shape necessary |; 
to which act as Ae а onis 
gs. Аз 
thathe is now ting x пра 
Buildings as applied to inii A В, CRANSTO: 
1, Temple Row West, Birming! 2: f Ambien, 
England 500 feet long and 30 
