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and serviceable stage upon which to grow or exhibit plants. — 

 J. L. Masters, in Popular Gardening, 209. 



Sash-Bars. — (Figs. 68, 69.) Fig. 68 shows a cross-sec- 

 tion of the eave-piate, A being the plate with a projection at 

 its side to form a trough ; B the rafter-plate, upon which the 

 ends of the rafters and sash-bars rest ; and C the point to 



Fig. 71. 



which attention is called — a trough to catch the drip as it 

 runs down the glass and sash -bars. This trough is made of 

 white pine; 1x1% inches. Fig. 69 shows drip-grooves in a 

 sash-bar. — C.J. Pennock, in American Florist, vii. 131. 

 ^.Ventilating Apparatus. — (Fig. 70. ) ' 'The winch comprises 

 a 6-inch bull-wheel, a pinion of 1% inches, a drum of 4 

 inches, a rachet and dog, and a 12-inch crank handle, set in a 



