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THE AUSTRALIAN GARDENER. 
JuLy 1, 1902. 
Rough Plan of a Lean-to House. 
10 x 8, TO COST £3 5s. FOR MATERIALS, LABOUR EXTRA, AND CONCRETE WALL AND BRICK EXTRA. 
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Excavate 2 ft. for footway, using earth to ra‘se bench 8 ft. 
HE above illustration will commend itself 
to many of our readers who are desirous 
of putting up a nice convenient size 
glass house cheaply. The question of cost 
looms large in the mind’s eye of the lover of 
pot plants whenever (and it is often) the 
desirableness of erecting a glass house pre- 
sents itself to him. 
Such a house as the above when put up by 
a tradesman would cost from £10 to Ars, a 
sum sufficient to deter even the most ardent 
plant enthusiast, unless he is well provided 
with this world’s goods. 
In the illustration the three jarrah weather- 
boards above the words could be secured 
together at the back and hinged to the wall- 
plate above, and this would provide sufficient 
ventilation, 
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The benefit of having a concrete wall is 
that a splendid collection of ferns can be 
grown against it by using 2-inch mesh wire 
netting to hold up a surface of sphagnum 
moss, with peaty soil filled in at the back. A 
suitable bed is readily provided. By pushing 
one finger through the moss into the peat 
small ferns can be bedded easily. We have 
seen a collection of fifteen or twenty varieties 
thus grown and drooping gracefully over the 
whole mass, and hiding it. To water this 
either a small spray pump or syringe or the 
hose direct from the tap can be used. 
The bench below it would be best made 
of solid earth. The top soil of the pathway 
could be thrown over the wall, and the sur- 
face to a depth of three or four inches be 
made of a rich compost, in which Ferns, 
Begonias, Primulas, Palms, &c., woulddo well, 
Brick up sides and steps. 
and pots of other flowering plants could be 
placed standing directly on the soil or on 
inverted pots. 
The lower side of the house being nearer 
the glass would do well for Cyclamens, 
Primulas, Sheptocarpus, Coleus, small Be- 
gonias of all sections, &c. — 
We shall have further articles dealing with 
pot plants, also plants for the greenhouse, 
and how to grow them. 
The rough design above will of course 
need some little facility with tools to con- 
struct it, but anyone handy with tools could 
readily erect such a house. From time to 
time we shall publish valuable hints and sug- 
gestions that will enable the glass-house 
amateur to beautify and render his house 
exceptionally attractive to his friends. 
