The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade . s used be-tween houses when it is desired to runtwo houses parallel and (?onnected to-gether. This has drip gutters cast inthe sides, and a greater part of thesurface of the gutter is exposed to theinside temperature of the greenhouse,thus insuiing a free gutter under allruiulitions of weather. IHON IHAMK PUIVATE We have considered the two bestt>pes of commeicial construction, and calleil the cur\ed eaves design, Thpill inciple of Iimstruction in this desigpis the same as in the stralghl, .andcurved roof houses, the var
The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade . s used be-tween houses when it is desired to runtwo houses parallel and (?onnected to-gether. This has drip gutters cast inthe sides, and a greater part of thesurface of the gutter is exposed to theinside temperature of the greenhouse,thus insuiing a free gutter under allruiulitions of weather. IHON IHAMK PUIVATE We have considered the two bestt>pes of commeicial construction, and calleil the cur\ed eaves design, Thpill inciple of Iimstruction in this desigpis the same as in the stralghl, .andcurved roof houses, the variationbe-ing In omitting the c^st iron gutter atthe eaves line, thus allowing the barsand glass in the roof being carrieddown to the top of a combination castiron sill and gutter, which rests on themasonry walls. This of housepresents a very pleasing appearance,and snow and ice do not accumulatoon the roof as : as when a gut-ter is used at the eaves., There is verylittle breakage of the curved glass atthe eaves and the cost of a curved. WREATH OF MAGNOLIA LEAVES, LILAC AND LILY OF THE VALLEY. now we will take up the constructionof greenhouses built on masonry is what is known as cast ironsill and gutter construction, and is gen-erally built on private estates. Thesills, gutters, rafters and purlins be-ing iron makes a construction that ispractically indestructible. The castiron gutter forms part of the frame-work as -\vell as a waterway, and is animpcfrtant structural feature. Thesegutters are cast in lengths extendingfrom rafter to rafter, to which theyare secured with cast iron brackets,which also serve to form the jointsbetween the various lengths of gutters are so constructed thatthey serve as a support for the sashbars in roof, and for the sash, etc.,at the sides, A house with a curvedroof makes a practical greenhouse, andflowers can be grown in such a houseJust as well as in greenhouses havingstraight roofs. The appearance of acurved r
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