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XXVI. Account of a newly-constructed Frame, with rising 

 Lights, for growing Melons, Cucumbers, §c. In a Letter 

 to the Secretary. By Mr. John Nairn, Gardener to 

 John Cresswell, Esq. F. L. S. §c. 



Read April 7th, 1818. 



Sir, 



I herewith send you, for the inspection of the Horticul- 

 tural Society, a model, with a plan, of what I conceive to be 

 an improved Frame or Pit for growing Melons, Cucumbers, 

 &c. Cultivators have always great difficulty in raising their 

 Frames, and their plants often suffer from being at too great 

 a distance from the glass, which is known to be very inju- 

 rious ; to obviate these inconveniences, I have constructed 

 this Pit, that Gardeners may raise or lower the glass, as they 

 thing proper, without the least danger, and with little 

 trouble. 



This Pit will also be found of the greatest utility in forc- 

 ing flowers of every description ; as, whatever may be their 

 height, they may at all times be kept close to the glass, by 

 gradually raising the lights, as the plants grow ; by which 

 means the possibility of their being drawn will be prevented; 

 it will also be found well adapted to the growing of Bal- 

 sams, Tricolors, Cockscombs, or any other tender annuals, 

 which require a quantity of head-room ; they will not re- 

 quire to be moved, as is now the practice, frequently with 



