‘1 May, 1898.] QUEENSLAND AGRICULTURAL JOURNAL. 389 
The illustration shows, to scale, a house which has been recently erected to 
meet the demand fora place in which to conveniently raise plants which are 
not very difficult of eS Aa in considerable quantities. It is situate in . 
the private part of the grounds, and is not open to the general public. The 
site was an old sand-pit, and opportunity was taken of the facti to hollow out 
the walks as shown in the section. The beds are just high enough to work at 
comfortably, so that there is none of the stooping which goes so much against 
rapid work in pricking off seedlings, sowing, &c. The beds are kept in 
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position by posts of rough bush timber, let into the ground at the angles, and 
at- suitable distances along the sides of the walks. A railis halved into the 
tops of these posts ; ties at intervals prevent the rails from spreading outward 
with the thrust of the earth, and rough split palings cut to the requisite length 
serve to prevent the earth from falling down. The posts which support the 
roof may be of any bush hardwood. ‘They should be placed in the centres of 
the beds, a single line downeach. Wires can be stretched on these, upon which 
to train delicate creepers, though asa general rule the fewer creepers you 
have about « propagating shade-house the better. The water is laid on in such 
a way that the pipes can be seen and got at. Here in Queensland we follow 
too much the English tradition of burying every water-pipe deep in the 
earth, although there is no frost to be avoided. They should be run along shade- 
house walls, or as in this case along the roof. A leak then becomes at once 
evident. It can be bound up until the arrival of the plumber, and can then be 
promptly repaired—that is, as promptly as a plumber’s traditions will allow. 
You should never for any plants, if it can be avoided, draw the water into 
a water-pot from the tap. or one reason it is a terrible waste of time. These 
little leaks of time are not looked after nearly so closely as their importance 
deserves. ‘Che man who seems to be the busiest, and is often the most tired, is 
-not by any means the one who accomplishes most work. Organisation of 
work is as essential here as in much greater affairs. While you are filling/a 
water-pot slowly at the tap, your neighbour who has a receptacle, such as a. 
half-barrel, can fill several pots and give his flowers a good watering. Again, 
water which is exposed to the air has certain injurious matters usually 
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