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rule, the majority are fixed, only one here and there being 
hung; but for the best class of houses for ‘‘ growing ” 
purposes, the system of low roofs and side lights—all 
‘‘hung”’ so as to be opened at will—is decidedly preferable. 
The Ends.—In constructing the 
ends of a house, the usual way is to 
fix a proper ‘‘plate’” (see Fig. 35, 
p. 52) level with either the lower (or 
wall) plate, or sometimes with the 
upper (or eaves) plate, if there is one, 
and then to fill in the rest of the space with light vertical 
bars, cut to the angle of the end rafters at the top, and tacked 
in top and bottom. If there is a door, however, what 
is called a transom is put in (see Fig. 31, p. 50) at the 
same height as the lintel would come; or if this is high 
enough, level with the upper plates of the house. But as 
the transom, which is really a lintel carried right through to 
the outside timbers at each end, usually comes above 
even the upper plates, the ends have to be cut to the 
proper angle and secured to the end rafters by means 
of nails, or, if possible, a shoulder or ‘‘ return” should be 
left and nailed on inside as well. In lofty houses it is 
usual to put in a transom, or even two, in the ends, 
whether there are any doors or not (see Figs. 56 and 57). 
Unless rebated on the top—which is 
= advisable, as a rule—short lengths of 
‘beading, or fillet, should be tacked in 
TSP ee between the ends of the bars, on the tran- 
som (end-plates are always rebated), to take the lower edges 
of the glass, and the same thing may be done below, 
or a groove may be run along instead. The lower ends 
