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HOUSE PLANTS 



enclosing the small porch in glass and 

 removing the outside cellar doors, the heat 

 from the cellar would be released and 

 the conservatory warmed. By leaving the 

 hall door open and removing the French 

 windows from the living room, we gained 

 more heat and better ventilation. 



'^Our desire was to have as much glass 

 and as little wood as was possible for strength 

 and durability. We also desired the glass 

 panes to butt and not be puttied. It was 

 necessary to have a door in front of the 

 cellar door for the removal of coal ashes, 

 and transoms for ventilation. With this 

 general plan the work was begun. A heavy 

 timber was run along the floor and bolted 

 at the corners (the conservatory must dis- 

 appear in summer time). A corresponding 

 timber ran along the edge of the porch 

 ceiling. Uprights were then placed at cer- 

 tain intervals, and these were grooved to 

 admit of the glass sliding down them. 

 Photographic plates, ii x 14, freed from 

 the gelatine, made the glass panes for our 

 conservatory. 



"Curtains of unbleached muslin were 

 arranged for; the rollers, four and five 



