THE 
HORTICULTURAL REGISTER. 
july 1st, 1832. 
PART I. 
ORIGINAL COMMUNICATIONS. 
HORTICULTURE. 
ARTICLE I.—SOME IDEAS ON THE EXPENSE OF ERECTING, AND 
THE DIFFERENT USES A TWO-LIGHT FRAME MIGHT BE 
PUT TO, THROUGHOUT THE YEAR. 
INTENDED FOR THE ACCOMMODATION OF PERSONS WITH SMALL GARDENS. 
By JOSEPH PAXTON, F.L.S. AND H.S. 
It will first be necessary to consider the expense of having a two- 
light frame made, this would of course depend, in a great measure, on 
the nature of the materials, and the size it was intended to he. The 
criterion we shall take is, that the frame and lights he made of the 
best red deal; glazed with good glass, and he well painted; the size 
a common one, namely, each light measuring six feet by three : the 
cost of the wood together with the labour of a carpenter properly 
making, would amount to £2. 2s. The two lights glazing with 
good glass, cut to the size of six inches by three, would cost 18s. 
and giving three coats of white paint, 11s. 3d. which makes the 
whole cost of the frame to amount to £3. 11s. 3d. Having thus 
made a rough calculation of the expense attending the erection, the 
next thing necesssary is to point out the various uses it may he put 
to throughout the year. The material for heating will of course he 
dung, the expense attending which depends on the situation, means 
of carriage, and other circumstances, which entirely preclude the 
possibility of any certain estimate, hut in most places dung could he 
procured in a green state at a very trifling expense. The various 
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