. An encyclopædia of gardening; comprising the theory and practice of horticulture, floriculture, arboriculture, and landscape-gardening, including all the latest improvements; a general history of gardening in all countries; and a statistical view of its present state, with suggestions for its future progress, in the British Isles. Gardening. Book III. PORTABLE STRUCTURES. 299. on three sides by boards or canvass, and on the fourth side by glass doors. This stage, when in use, is placed so as the glazed side may front the morning sun, or the north, so as the colors of auriculas, carnations, &
. An encyclopædia of gardening; comprising the theory and practice of horticulture, floriculture, arboriculture, and landscape-gardening, including all the latest improvements; a general history of gardening in all countries; and a statistical view of its present state, with suggestions for its future progress, in the British Isles. Gardening. Book III. PORTABLE STRUCTURES. 299. on three sides by boards or canvass, and on the fourth side by glass doors. This stage, when in use, is placed so as the glazed side may front the morning sun, or the north, so as the colors of auriculas, carnations, &c. may not be impaired by him. (See Floriculture, Part III. Book II. Ch. VIII.) 1528. The decorative stage consists of shelves rising in gra- dation, in various forms, according to taste, and particular situation. Those to be viewed on all sides are commonly co- nical (fig. 222.) or pyramidal; those to be seen only on one side triangular. They are constructed either of boards or iron work, and placed in parterres, open courts, and large chambers. 1529. The opaque covering-frames are borders of board, strengthened by cross or diagonal slips of wood or rods of iron, and covered with canvass, gauze, woollen, or common net- ting, or soiled paper. They are used for protecting plants from cold, or for sheltering from wind, or shading, either singly, supported by props, or connected so as to form roofs, cases, or enclosures. 1530. The transparent covering, or glazed frame or sash, consists of a boundary frame com- posed of two side pieces called styles, and two end pieces called the top and bottom rails, with the interspace divided by rabbeted bars to contain the glass. It is used as the opaque covering frames, and has the advantage of them in admitting abundance of light. In general the rabbeted bars are inserted in one plane, as in common hot-bed sashes; but in some cases the surface is in angular ridges, or ridge and furrow-work (fig. 223.), cuneform (Jig. 224.), or trigonal (
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