. Dreer's vegetables under glass : a little handbook telling how to till the soil during twelve months of the year. Vegetables; Cold-frames. 28 dreer's vegetables under glass. in the cut. The brace is made of flat iron, stiff enough to support the strain upon it. Each of its three parts is one foot in length, but its upper ends are fourteen inches apart. The economy of space secured by these sunken walks is obvious. In Mr. Esher's house the distance from the bottom of the sunken walk to the sash above is 5 feet 5 inches, which requires a man to stoop slightly in going from place to place. The
. Dreer's vegetables under glass : a little handbook telling how to till the soil during twelve months of the year. Vegetables; Cold-frames. 28 dreer's vegetables under glass. in the cut. The brace is made of flat iron, stiff enough to support the strain upon it. Each of its three parts is one foot in length, but its upper ends are fourteen inches apart. The economy of space secured by these sunken walks is obvious. In Mr. Esher's house the distance from the bottom of the sunken walk to the sash above is 5 feet 5 inches, which requires a man to stoop slightly in going from place to place. The house being so low there is no loss of fuel in heat- ing it, and as there are no raised beds there is no staging to be kept in SUMMEE VIEW OF SASH-COVEEUD FOECING HOUSE OF JOHN C. ESHEE, AT COLLINGSWOOD, N. J. The Construction. Mr. Esher has a number of sash- covered houses for forcing vegetables, all built upon the same general plan. A partial description of one of them will serve to illustrate how all are constructed. The picture will aid in giving an idea of the Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Dreer, Henry A. Philadelphia : Henry A. Dreer, Incorporated
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