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APPENDIX. 



The kinds of glass used in hothouse erection 

 are British plate, patent plate, rough plate, 

 patent rough plate, crown of various qualities, 

 British sheet, and Belgian sheet. 



London charges for glaziers per day, 5s. 

 Edinburgh town charges for do., 4s. to 4s. 6d. ; 

 country, 5s. per day. London price of best old 

 putty, 5d. per lb. Edinburgh price, 3d. per 

 pound. Black putty, 4d. 



PROPAGATING GLASSES. 



2 inches diameter, . Os. 2d. each. 



3 Os. 3d. „ 



4 „ „ . . Os. 4d. „ 



5 Os. 6d. „ 



6 ,, ' . Os. 8d. ,, 



7 Os. lOd. „ 



8 Is. Od. „ 



9 Is. 2d. „ 



10 „ Is. 4d. „ 



11 „ Is. 6d. „ 



12 „ 2s. Od. „ 



13 „ 2s. 6d. 



14 „ 3s. 6d. „ 



15 „ 4s. Od. „ 



GLASS FLOWER-POTS. 



Inches 





With 



diameter. 





saucers. 



3 



Os. 3d. 



Os. 4^d. each. 



4 



Os. 5d. 



Os. 7 id. „ 



5 



Os. 7d. 



Os. 10jd. ., 



6 



Os. 9d. 



Is. lU. „ 



7 



Is. Od. 



Is. 6d. „ 



8 



Is. 3d. 



Is. lOid. „ 



9 



Is. 6d. 



2s. 3d. „ 



10 



2s. Od. 



3s. Od. „ 



PAINTING. 



Stone-colour, thick, for hothouse work, 5d. 

 per lb. Lead-colour, thick, 5d. per lb. Pre- 

 pared oil, Is. per quart in Edinburgh; 5s. 6d. 

 per gallon in London. Boiled linseed oil, 

 same price— a gallon of either weighs 9 lb. 

 6 oz. Cold-drawn linseed oil, lid. per quart 

 in Edinburgh ; in London, 4s. per gallon. 

 Painters' wages in Edinburgh and Glasgow, 4s. to 

 4s. 6d., Perth and Aberdeen, 3s. 9d. to 4s. per 

 day ; in London, 6s. per day — -both masters' 

 prices. Painting in imitation of oak, outside- 

 work for garden doors, &c, Is. 8d. per super- 

 ficial yard, including varnishing, in Edinburgh, 

 Glasgow, &c; Is. 6d. in London. White-lead, 

 thick, 4d. per lb., or £1, 14s. per cwt. in Edin- 

 burgh and Glasgow ; £2 in London. Turpen- 

 tine, 8d. per quart in Edinburgh, Glasgow, &c; 

 in London, 4s. to 4s. 6d. per gallon, and weighs 

 8 lb. 6 oz. White-lead, dry, £1, 6s. per cwt.; 

 do., in best paint, £1, 7s.; 2d quality, £1, 5s. ; 

 3d, £1, 3s. per cwt. Newcastle prices, when 

 taken in quantity, say of 3 or 4 cwt.: Green 

 paint, Is. to Is. 2d. per lb. generally; Bronze- 

 colour, in two coats on iron railing, 7d. per 

 yard ; do. on wooden doors, 9d. Stone-colour, 

 and varnished in four coats on walls or plaster, 

 lid. per superficial yard; do., two coats on 

 wood, 6d. per yard; do., three coats on do., 

 8d. per yard. Stone-colour, in two coats on 

 roofs of hothouses, 5d. per yard ; do., in three 

 coats, 7d. to 8d. The above prices of painting are 



the Edinburgh charges, and are pretty general 

 throughout Scotland. If the men have to go to 

 the country, the carriage of the materials, their 

 travelling expenses, and an allowance of Is. to 

 Is. 3d. per day, to be added to their usual wages, 

 if the work is to be done by the day. 



Painting in all common colours, once in oil, 

 including knotting, is charged in London 3d. 

 per superficial yard ; twice in do., including 

 stopping, 5d. ; and three times, 7d. per yard 

 superficial ; and for every additional coat add 

 2d. It is seldom that more than three coats are 

 given to hothouse work at one time. We think 

 it better to give only two coats, and to repeat 

 the operation every second year at the least. 

 The following are provincial prices for work 

 done in three coats in best manner and with best 

 material : — At Broomsgrove, 8d. ; Cheltenham, 

 9d. ; Gloucester, 9d. ; Bedworth, Warwickshire, 

 8d. ; Tewkesbury, 9d.— about the averages for 

 England. Cleaning old work, rubbing down 

 with pumice-stone, or bringing to be fit for 

 laying on the colour, is to be charged by the 

 day. This is a very necessary operation, and 

 requires to be carefully done, particularly 

 in the case of hothouse roofs, and to have 

 the putty properly repaired. Bird and Miller's 

 antisceptic mineral black paint, £1, 3s. per 

 cwt. ; do., superior in quality, for cordage and 

 canvass, £1, 8s. An economical paint for 

 ironwork, hurdles, and iron fences, is composed 

 of ^ Stockholm tar, § gas tar, laid on quite hot, 

 in three coats — cost, § of a penny per yard 

 superficial. Painting the same in oil would be 

 nearly 6d. : the latter will last only three 

 years, while the former will last nine. 



White-lead, £24 to £24, 10s. per ton. White 

 oxide of antimony, a new substitute for the 

 above, £12 per ton.— Liverpool wholesale prices. 



PLUMBER- WORK. 

 The price of lead, like that of iron, is subject 

 to considerable variation, according to the state 

 of the market. Cast lead in London may be 

 taken at £1 per cwt., and in Edinburgh and 

 Glasgow at £1, 2s. as present price, February 

 1852. Recently a rise of nearly 25 per cent has 

 taken place. Milled lead in London, £1, 2s., 

 and in Edinburgh and Glasgow, £1, 4s. Ditto 

 for gutters, £1, 6s. in London, and £1, 5s. in 

 Edinburgh and Glasgow. Solder in London, 

 8d. per lb., and in Edinburgh and Glasgow, 

 lOd. 



London Prices 



for Leaden Pipe. 







per lin. 



per lin. 





foot. 



foot. 



Half-inch bore, strong, 



Os. 5d. ordinary, 



Os. 4d. 



Three-quarter ditto, 



Os. 7d. 



Os. 6d. 



Extra strong ditto, . 



Is. Od. 





One-inch ditto, . . 



Os. 9d. „ 



Os. 8d. 



One and a quarter ditto , 



Is. Od. 



Os. lOd. 



One and a half ditto, 



Is. 6d. 



Is. 3d. 



Two -inch ditto, 



2s. 2d. 



Is. 9d. 



Two and a half ditto, 



2s. 6d. 



2s. Od. 



In England, plumbers usually charge so much 

 per joint, according to the size of the pipe. In 

 Scotland, the usual practice is to charge accord- 



