The Horticulturist and journal of rural art and rural taste . CHEAP VINERIES AND GREEN-HOUSES. 1, vre give a sketch of a section of one of these cheap structures, from which anyof our readers may construct a similar house. The frame of this building is wholly of wood. Posts are set into the ground about sixfeet apart. These posts rise seven feet above the surface at the rear, (A.) and two feetthree inches at the front, (B.) They are sheathed or weather-boarded in the commonwa}, on the outside of the posts,* along the back and front—the tMo ends being alsoboarded uj]—with a door in each or inbo
The Horticulturist and journal of rural art and rural taste . CHEAP VINERIES AND GREEN-HOUSES. 1, vre give a sketch of a section of one of these cheap structures, from which anyof our readers may construct a similar house. The frame of this building is wholly of wood. Posts are set into the ground about sixfeet apart. These posts rise seven feet above the surface at the rear, (A.) and two feetthree inches at the front, (B.) They are sheathed or weather-boarded in the commonwa}, on the outside of the posts,* along the back and front—the tMo ends being alsoboarded uj]—with a door in each or inboth ends—opj the sunken walk,(C) This walk is sunken, partly to eco-nomise cost, and is needed to raise the backand front high enough to walk under theroof, and partly to bring the plants as nearthe glass as possible—a great desideratumin all plant culture. So far, it Mill be seen that this structurecosts little more than a board fence. Noav ^ let us examine the glass roof, for it is here that the cost usually lies. And as this cost isnot so m
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