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JOUENAL OF HORTICULTUEE AND COTTAGE GAEDENER. 



[ March 7, 1365. 



GLAZING WITHOUT PUTTY. 



In addition to the vaiious suggestions for caiTying out 

 this practice which have already appeared in our pages, we 

 have some woodcuts and notes from Mr. Messenger, horti- 

 cultural builder and engineer, Loughborough. 



The glass used for this glazing has the sides turned down, 

 as shown in No. 1, which conveys the water into small 

 gutters made of lead, copper, zinc, or iron ; or the sash-bar 

 itself is made with a gutter in it. 



The mode of securing the glass down to the gutter, is 

 shown by section No. 2, which is by a screw passing through 

 1. 2. 



necessary to make it air-tight as well as water-proof, a 

 back putty is used, but which is never exposed to the 



1 ■ > I' '? 

 Glai'mg wtaicli requires do putty to make it waterproof. 



a brass plate and india-rubber pad into the wood or metal 

 bar; the india-rubber slightly pressing upon the two sides of 

 glass keeps it in its place. 



The plan shows the brass plates and shape of the glass, 

 which is so arranged as to convey the condensed vapour into 

 the gutters iaternally, as well as the rain externally. 



The first cost is rather more than that of ordinary glazing, 

 but is much more than compensated for by the following 

 advantages — viz., no paint is requii-ed, saving the usual 

 periodical ex- 

 pense of paint- 

 ingoncein every 

 two years ; any 

 handy labourer 

 can replace a 

 square of glass 

 when broken ; 

 all annoyance of 

 pieces of glass 

 and putty fall- 

 ing amongst 

 pUuits, iic, dur- 

 ing repairs is 

 avoided ; also 

 the appearance 

 is far superior, 

 and minor ad- 

 vantages would 

 l>e eiperienood 

 by its use. 



Where it is 



action of the weather, so that it is as durable as the glass 



itself. 



The above is a section of a very simple and effective struc- 

 ture for cover- 

 ing Peach, Fig, 

 or Apricot- 

 walls, and which 

 could, if heated 

 with hot wat«r, 

 be used with 

 advantage for a 

 very early vine- 

 ry. It is, in fact, 

 when nnheated, 

 a lean-to or- 

 chard-house. 



The annexed 

 is a greenhouse 

 erected by Mes- 

 senger, at Go- 

 gorddan Hall, 

 the residence of 

 of P. Lovedon, 

 Esq., of Aber- 

 ystwith. 



SEWAGE lEEIGATION. 



We have received a note from an intelligent coiTcspon- 

 dent, who, like many other persons, seems to have derived 

 a very erroneous impression of the value of sewage when 

 applied in small quantities. He observes: — "The subject 

 of irrigating grass pasture with liquid manure is rather new. 

 I have about ten acres of grass — four of old, six new-sown 

 last spring. I have also a large cesspool. How can I use 

 this manure ? Where pnrchose the cart, where the pump ? 

 Any information on this subject given directly to me, or by 

 an article in your Journal, will be thankfully received." 



Our reply must be that we cannot advise any one to 



employ a watercart to spread the sewage over grass. Such 

 a sprinkling is of little perceptible use. We must not be 

 led astray by certain schemes, lately announced, for squirting 

 the water over the land in small quantities. If the tank 

 receives the sewage of only one house that will be beat 

 applied to not more than one-eighth of an acre of grass. 

 The gardener knows that sewage is an admirable liquid 

 with which to water his kitchen-garden plants ; but he is 

 well aware that to derive any material benefit he must give 

 them a good soaking — a small shower of it is useless. On 

 the sewage-irrigated meads of Edinburgh the grass is tho- 



