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on it well toward the roof. In this way you can 

 arrange your plants very effectively, and they will 

 not be crowded, while they get the benefit received 

 by being as near the glass as possible. This gives 

 you a walk all around the house between side benches 

 and tables. Against the end next the dwelling I have 

 vines trained which completely cover the walls and 

 run along the rafters. 



The ventilating sections are controlled by rods and 

 cranks, which enables anyone to lift or close them very 

 easily, and the sash can be left at any place with 

 the assurance that it will stay there till moved by 

 the power which controls it. It cannot be lifted by a 

 sudden gust of wind and flung down upon the roof, 

 breaking glass and often sash bars, as ventilating 

 sections often are when the old style of lifting rod 

 is used. 



I am often asked to give estimates of the actual 

 cost of constructing such a house. This it is impos- 

 sible to do because the cost of work and material varies 

 so. With me lumber may be cheap, while with you 

 it may be expensive. The only way to get at the 

 probable cost of such a structure is to go to some 

 practical carpenter and tell him what you want. He 

 can figure out the amount of lumber, the quantity of 

 sash, the cost of the work, and give you a very close 

 idea of the total cost with the exception of the heatin^; 

 apparatus. The cost of that, as I have said, you 

 can ascertain by correspondence with the manufac- 

 turers of it. 



