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Mr. Rivers remarks that pine varnish is the cheapest and 
most durable for rough unplaned wood; three- pence would be 
the outside cost for two coats. Mr. R. uses sheet glass, one 
foot wide, and about two feet long. 
Thus far Mr. Rivers’s account of the matter; — we may 
now be permitted to offer a remark or two of our own. We 
frankly confess that we fear the effects of the winds, which will 
frequently assume the character of eddies, or chilling draughts ; 
these are well known to be inimical to the successful culture of 
tender fruits. We would, therefore, by all means, hang some 
waterproof or other material round the sides and ends, leaving a 
portion at the upper part of the back, capable of unfolding, in 
order to let the heat escape, when too great. With this provi- 
sion, we have no doubt that Peaches, Nectarines, Apricots, and 
our tenderest Flemish Pears, might be grown to great advan- 
tage ; and why not? the structure would then possess all the 
advantages of a peach-house, and more; — it could he more 
thoroughly ventilated, and this at certain periods, would be 
found a decided advantage. 
We are very glad to see that the experiment is likely to have 
fair trial, and we hail it as, at least, a step in the right direc- 
tion ; being persuaded that, before long, much greater simpli- 
city and, of course, economy, will be introduced in this depart- 
ment of gardening ; which, aiming at utility alone, should be 
as much as possible unfettered by anxiety about appearances. 
Having worked up our subject, according to the original pro- 
positions, to the conclusion of portable sashes; we may offer a 
few brief remarks on Hand-gla.sses, which constitute the last 
of the series. These have been in pretty general use for very 
many years, and people may naturally enough suppose that they 
cannot be dispensed with. To say that they ought to be done 
away with altogether, would be saying too much, in the present 
position of gardening affairs; nevertheless, it may here be re- 
marked, that those who adopt our Protectors will have small 
occasion for them ; nay, it would soon be tolerably manifest 
that they could be entirely dispensed with, except for the pro- 
pagation of cuttings, or for the commercial gardener, for whom 
they are peculiarly adapted ; his objects being so much more 
simplified than those of the amateur, who may fairly take for 
his motto “multum in parvo.” Our market gardeners have little 
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