. Cyclopedia of American horticulture : comprising suggestions for cultivation of horticultural plants, descriptions of the species of fruits, vegetables, flowers, and ornamental plants sold in the United States and Canada, together with geographical and biographical sketches. Gardening; Horticulture; Horticulture; Horticulture. 1728 STORAGE "The fruit house is built on high and dry ground. The cellar was three feet, and dirt taken from this was used to bank up around the wall. The wall is solid stone and mortar, is 5 feet hii;li, 2'.; fi-et wide at the bottom, and 2 fr.'I ni iIm' i^ii: :
. Cyclopedia of American horticulture : comprising suggestions for cultivation of horticultural plants, descriptions of the species of fruits, vegetables, flowers, and ornamental plants sold in the United States and Canada, together with geographical and biographical sketches. Gardening; Horticulture; Horticulture; Horticulture. 1728 STORAGE "The fruit house is built on high and dry ground. The cellar was three feet, and dirt taken from this was used to bank up around the wall. The wall is solid stone and mortar, is 5 feet hii;li, 2'.; fi-et wide at the bottom, and 2 fr.'I ni iIm' i^ii: :' [. I'.ir -ill-i'ii this, bedded in > , ' 2 by 4 studdiiij pine, then papi i u^ r, .,.i| â ,-. |.. ,, ,., middle of stmiaiuy. ^ pla,--ur, u^.^iUi ..i ., matched pine, thuu paper, and then ^J-iuch sheathing, painted. This gives two hollow walls, or dead-air spaces. For ventilating, there is one ventilator from cel- lar to the observatory on top of building, which has four large window frames, with blinds, but no tight windows. The ventilator opens into both storage rooms. We have three 18-inch windows on east and west sides of building in the cellar, and three large windows in west side, next to storeroom. Both floors are double, with paper between and the second room is ceiled over head with matched spruce and painted The two win dows on east side show in cut with the outside doors The followm" si ftch f i h me stono-e plint i re printed f 11 m Pull 4 -« \ t 1 x] ei m ent ^t t i 1\. L. C. Corbett In localities where plentiful, a satisfactory, durable and moderate - cost house can be built in the form of a bank cellar by using these stone in cement, making a grout wall. Such a wall can be constructed by unskilled workmen if prop- erly laid out in the beginning. The plan to follow is to use broad 2-inch planks, held in place by substantial staging to form a box having a width of the thickness of the desired wallâsay 18 or 22 Inches.
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