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PARK AND CEMETERY 
troleum or fuel oil . If the oil is too thick it can 
be thinned with a little kerosene. The writer has 
in a greenhouse, common hemlock posts treated in 
this manner, which after five years show no signs 
of decay. Crude oil will be found of value if 
applied to lot and grave stakes, and it makes 
an excellent paint for woodwork anywhere that 
thecolor is not objectionable. It is a better 
preservative than lead paint and the cost is very 
small. The odor soon disappears. All inside parts 
of the greenhouses below the gutter bottoms and 
both sides of the shiplap should be well coated with 
it. It should not, however, be used on the roof, 
gutters, bars or plates. 
Figure 7 shows in cross section the outer wall 
with gutter. The post P is first sawed off square 
or nearly so at the bottom and then soaked in the 
oil as described before. After the hole is dug to 
the proper depth it is well rammed at the bottom. 
The post is then put in with the faced side toward 
the sheathing and well bedded by striking on the 
top with a heavy maul. The hole is then gradual- 
ly filled up, ramming the earth in solidly, keeping 
it plumb. If a six inch board four feet long is 
dressed true on the edges and side, and tacked to the 
*This figure should have taken the place of the Fig. 5, given in last 
issue, which was marked in error Fig. 5, instead of Fig. 6. 
flattened side of the post covering its upper four 
feet, the plumb can be readily applied to its side and 
edge, thus plumbing the post. 
The two end posts are first set, then a line is 
stretched near the ground from the face side of one 
to that of the other. Each post can be then brought 
to this line, the board tacked on and plumbed, be- 
ing careful to keep the posts properly spaced. 
The brackets “B” should have been previously 
cut, one for each post, from 2 by 6 inch soft pine 
as sound and free from sap and knots, as possible, 
and thoroughly soaked in the crude oil after being 
cut. The length of their lower sides will be 6 in- 
ches and of the upper will depend on the width of 
gutter, for the lo inch (in the clear) gutter, as 
shown in the cut, this length will be about lO in- 
ches. When adding another house the sill 6 is re- 
moved and replaced by a gutter sill, like i, the up- 
per part of the sheathing is removed and other 
brackets put on to carry this part of the gutter. Un- 
til that time it can be safely allowed to overhang 
as shown. 
A saw cut is then made across the north side of 
the post to form a shoulder for the lower side of the 
bracket to rest upon. If the height of the upper 
point of the sill (i) is taken at 4 ft. 6 inches above 
the ground (G), the upper edge of the bracket must 
be about 4^ inches lower. The upper part of the 
post above the cut is then flattened, thoroughly 
covered with the oil and the bracket solidly spiked 
or lag-screwed in place, keeping the upper edge per- 
fectly level and the square end out to the line of 
sheathing. Another bracket is then put on the 
south side of the north post. Lines are then care- 
fully stretched, connecting the two ends of the up- 
per edge of these brackets, as guides for setting the 
other brackets on the north sides of the intermediate 
posts. Great care must be used to put the tops 
perfectly level and the tops and square ends of all 
in a perfectly true line. 
The projecting parts of the posts above the 
brackets are then to be sawed off with a downward 
bevel of about i inch so that the moisture will be 
carried away from the joint between bracket and 
post. 
The gutter bottom (3) is then to be set. The 
gutter bottoms (3), sills (i), sash bars (2), plates 
and ridges, the whole roof in fact, must be of the 
very best of material. There is but little doubt that 
absolutely clear and sound white pine with no trace 
of sap is the best material to use. This has become 
so scarse and expensive that cypress has come into 
general use. If live cjct this wood is very durable 
and answers the purpose well. It is however in- 
clined to check and warp and shrinks and swells 
badly. It should not be used for the south end 
