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to the side of the header just above the drip groove. 
To raise the sash the iron handle is grasped and the 
sash raised as required; the handle is then carried 
towards the peg until the peg passes through one of 
the holes, holding it securely at the proper elevation. 
The ridge being in place, ne.xt comes the setting 
of the bars. The north end bars are put in first, 
nailed to the ridge and sill and to the shed, as they 
come against the sheathing of the shed all the way. 
The south end bars are set so that the inner or north 
edge of the groove for the vertical glass (Fig. 14-2) 
shall be exactly above the inside (north) edge of 
the ship lap when placed on the south wall. In 
setting the bars two men will be needed, one at the 
ridge and the other standing on the ground to nail 
the lower ends. If the utmost care is not used here, 
a great deal of trouble will be caused in setting the 
glass. 
Two gauges, strips of wood cut perfectly 
square at the ends and exactly one sixteenth inch 
longer than the glass is wide, should be prepared. 
Beginning at the south end the first intermediate bar 
is put in place, a gauge put on at the ridge 
and one at the sill, resting on the shoulder 
of each bar with their ends against the 
tongues of the bars. The intermediate 
bar is then crowded closely against the 
gauges and nailed in place, top and bot- 
tom. The corresponding bar on the op- 
posite side of the roof is then set and so 
on. If the work is advanced further on 
one side the roof than the other, the ridge 
is quite apt to be forced out of place. 
When the space for a ventilator is reach- 
ed a long bar is used temporarily in- 
stead of a short one, tacked lightly in 
place and then removed as soon as the bar beyond 
is set. After all the long bars are set the headers 
are put in and the short bars set. 
In all work about the roof, have the pot of thick 
paint handy and in case it is necessary to re-cut any 
joints, smear the cut surfaces with the paint before 
fitting them together. In fact it is well worth while 
to give all the ends of the bars a fresh coat of thick 
paint just before they are set. This makes an al- 
most perfectly water tight joint. 
The ventilator sash are glazed first, then put in 
place before the roof is glazed. 
Wtllis N. Rudd. 
{To be Continued.) 
A Flower Bed at Girard College, Philadelphia. 
Girard College, Philadelphia, is famous for its 
beautiful flower beds in summer. Of the College 
itself it may be said, that it was founded by 
Stephen Girard, who camq as a poor boy from 
Bordeaux, France, nearly 100 years ago. Becom- 
ing wealthy, he left the whole of his money to 
found a college for the education of orphan boys, 
and to day some 1,500 boys find a home 
there. They are elegible to admittance at an 
early age, 6 years, and are permitted to remain 
until they are 18. Some of the best men in the 
state to day are graduates of this college. For fear 
his college might be hampered by denominational 
influences, his will provides that no clergyman or 
ecclesiastic shall ever enter the building, but the 
boys are to be taught sobriety and industry, and 
to be left to their mature years in their choice of 
denominational truths. 
The illustration given is of a fine bed of abutilon 
Thompson!, a sort much used for the purpose be- 
cause of its mottled green and white foliage. Mr. 
George Huster, the gardener in charge, gets his 
plants rooted in the fall, and they are encourged to 
grow all through the winter. When spring comes 
they are in four inch pots, and by an arrangement 
of the taller ones in the centre, they need but little 
FLOWER BED AT GIRARD COLLEGE, PHILADELPHIA. 
attention in the way of pruning all summer. The 
bed, however, is not of abutilon altogether. Fol- 
lowing the plants of this, which, as stated are in the 
centre, are two rows of the beautiful Acalypha 
musaica, a dark bronze foliaged plant, of great use 
in bedding. This is followed by alternanthera for 
the outside. 
Two large trees which stand immediately back 
of the bed are the tulip tree, Liriodendron 
tulipefera, a tree of clean growth and beautiful 
appearance always. Back of these trees is seen the 
the conservatory a structure recently erected. 
Joseph Meehan. 
The U. S. government has relinquished its ownership of the 
military reservation of Mackinac Island. It is now in order for 
the state of Michigan to enact the necessary legislation to make 
the greater portion of the historic and picturesque spot a public 
park. The place is full of interest, is a charming summer resort 
and replete with natural beauty and delightful surroundings, and 
a liberal po'icy on the part of the Michigan legislature will inure 
to the credit of the state. 
