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also are frequently trained on a stout wire or other trellis, a 
moderate distance from the glass—18in. to 2[t. is the correct 
distance—but they may be just as well grown in the tree or 
bush form, this being more natural to the plant as well as 
more easily managed. Fig. 11 shows a good type of a 
span-roofed structure, planted with low-standard or ‘“ bush ” 
trees. It is always an advantage if the sides, roof, or both, 
of a peach-house can be removed entirely after the crop 
has been gathered, in order to ripen the wood thoroughly. 
This is accomplished by filling in between the timbers with 
glazed sashes, fastened in place by means of buttons or 
screws, where not hung, so as to act as ventilators ; in this 
way they are easily removed when desirable. 
Roses.—The house for roses should be fairly wide an 
very well ventilated, but not too lofty, in order that the 
plants may be fairly close to the glass. A good type of 
rose-house, where the plants are to be set out in beds or 
borders, is shown in Fig. 12. For roses in pots, for forcing, 
