QUERIES AND ANSWERS. 
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Universal Frame. — I beg to acknowledge the satisfaction I felt in perusing 
the article on the uses of a two-light frame in volume 1, page 577, of the Hart. 
Reg. The idea having been originally thrown out by myself, I feel bound to 
trouble you with a few more questions on points that are not quite clear, in order 
that I may be able to follow your directions explicitly, as 1 doubt not many 
others will. You have not stated how thick the wood-work of the frame ought 
to be, nor by how r much the height of the back ought to exceed that of the front. 
On a reference to Mr. Waldron’s plan, page 399, you will see he has not stated 
in w'ords how high his turf walls ought to be carried, and by the diagram, (19) a 
line drawn parrallel with the surface of the ground will bring the lower part of the 
glass flush with the lining, if, as he says, “ the remainder of the trench is filled 
up with manure, &c. &,c.” besides, would not the fruit, grapes especially, be 
always in perfect darkness ? if this be a correct plan of the frame, See. 
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Shall we not have to step over about a yard of deep manure all round the frame 
before we can get at it? My chief ambition is to have flowers and melons, but 
I fear that the latter cannot be left to the vicissitudes of the weather so soon as 
July, however I shall not mind having a new frame made to use according to 
Mr. Waldron’s plan if I can understand it better. I have made myself a light 
4 feet by 3, glazed with six inch square glass, after Mr. Harrison’s recommenda¬ 
tion, and although I got very bad glass, and am a bungling artist, its appearance 
surprises and pleases every body; even the glazier, who when I shewed him the 
plan at first, and w'ished him to do it. flatly refused to have any thing to do with 
“ sich a stupid concarn.” I have also made a paper frame according to honest old 
Abercrombie’s directions, in page 331, of the “Every Man his own Gardener,” 
the melons under it (the seeds of which I procured from Mr. Harrison) look 
much better than those a month older in a glass frame. J. T. C. F. 
The wood work of the frame should be 1^ inch thick, the front 14 inches high, 
and the back 2 feet. The turf walls would undoubtedly be better if built up to 
nearly the top of the pit, perhaps that was Mr. Waldron’s intention. It is at all 
events indispensable that the frame be elevated sufficiently for the glass to be 
above the lining in the pit. In going to the frame a person would, of course, 
have to step over the dung, but if a board or two were laid on it, any unplea¬ 
santness would be prevented, and they would also tend to keep in the heat of the 
lining. Our kiud friend “ G. I. T.” has sent us some packets of excellent melon 
seeds for distribution, a few papers of which are still in our possesion, if any will 
be acceptable, and J. T- C. F. will inform us in his next, how they are to be con¬ 
veyed, we shall be happy to send a few.— Cond. 
