. A dictionary of modern gardening. Gardening. FRA substitute for the green-house ; and on this subject we have the following statement of Mr. Crambe, of Redbraes, near Edinburgh :— " Being deficient in accommodation for heaths and pelargoniums, Mr. Crambe procured two melon-frames, the dimensions of which were twenty feet long by eight wide ; he then built walls of a few courses of bricks, in- closing an area of the exact size of the* frames upon which they were placed. The floor was elevated sis inches above the ground, level and paved with bricks laid in finely-sifted coal-ashes, gener
. A dictionary of modern gardening. Gardening. FRA substitute for the green-house ; and on this subject we have the following statement of Mr. Crambe, of Redbraes, near Edinburgh :— " Being deficient in accommodation for heaths and pelargoniums, Mr. Crambe procured two melon-frames, the dimensions of which were twenty feet long by eight wide ; he then built walls of a few courses of bricks, in- closing an area of the exact size of the* frames upon which they were placed. The floor was elevated sis inches above the ground, level and paved with bricks laid in finely-sifted coal-ashes, generally suffer in them for want of ^ ^^yj^g tj,e^rgyi(.eg l^gt^een them filled light: if the accumulation of heat was required, the colour should be'black. Raising the Frames.—It is a well- known difficulty that the gardener has, in raising the frames so as to keep the foliage of the plants within them at a determined and constant distance from the glass. To remedy this, Mr. Nairn, with sand, which makes a better joint- ing than lime, the close joints of which leave no escape for the surplus water,— placing the building in a longitudinal direction from east to west. As a fire- flue would have occupied more space than could be spared, Mr. Rogers' conical boiler was adopted. The gardener to J. Creswell, Esq., of Bat-I bojjer is placed on the outside and is tersea Priory, has introduced the inge iiious contrivance represented in the ac companying sketch and references :— A, a movable frame ; b b, inside lining of the pit ; c c, outer wall. Between these the sides of the frame pass, and are lowered or elevated by racks and spindles, d d. Fig. 53. Fig. 53. inclosed in a case of double sheet-iron, with a movable cover, and funnel of the same material, for the conveyance of smoke into a brick-chimney, the space between the case and boiler being filled with sand as an excellent non-conduc- tor. At right angles to the end of the pit is a brick-wall about three feet high, inclosing
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