28 DREER’S VEGETABLES UNDER GLASS. 
in the cut. The brace is made of flat iron, stiff enough to 
support the strain upon it. Each of its three parts is one 
foot in length, but its upper ends are fourteen inches apart. 
The economy of space secured by these sunken walks is 
obvious. In Mr. Esher’s house the distance from the bottom 
of the sunken walk to the sash above is 5 feet 5 inches, which 
requires a man to stoop slightly in going from place to place. 
The house being so low there is no loss of fuel in heat- 
ing it, and as there are no raised beds there is no staging to 
be kept in repair. 
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SUMMER VIEW OF SASH-COVERED FORCING HOUSE OF JOHN C. ESHER, 
AT COLLINGSWOOD, N. J. 
THE CONSTRUCTION. Mr. Esher has a number of sash- 
covered houses for forcing vegetables, all built ‘upon the 
same general plan. A partial description of one of them will 
serve to illustrate how all are constructed. The picture will 
aid in giving an idea of the framework. 
