The Short Span to the South. -ri 



CHAPTER III. 

 THE SHORT SPAN TO THE SOUTH. 



Pig. 16 gives a good idea of the latest style of build- 

 ing. This is from a photograph of two houses built last 

 fall by the well known carnation grower, Mr. Fred Dor- 

 ner, of La Fayette, Ind. If lack of ground space renders 

 it necessary to build continuously, this plan will give 

 less shade than when reversed, but if necessary to build 

 together, it would be far better not to join more than 

 two houses as seen in the illustration. This will admit 

 of wall ventilation on each side of the two. 



This innovation upon existing and tried methods has 

 been viewed with great incredulity by the profession at 

 large, and I must confess that I have also been skeptic- 

 al as to its practicability. It is unquestioned, however, 

 that mere prejudice should not deter us from surround- 

 ing ourselves with whatever will contribute to the high- 

 est success, and this has led me to investigate the new 

 system by visiting some who have adopted it. I am 

 told on good authority — though I have not visited the 

 place — that the gentleman with whorii the idea origin- 

 ated, and who had such phenomenal success the first 

 season, has since changed growers, and that this success 

 passed out of the same door and at the same time, as 

 did the man under wh ise watchful eye it was obtained. 

 However this may be, there are some features in this 

 mode of construction which commend themselves while 



