. The auricula; its culture and history. Primroses. 60 thorough ventilation. There are five rows of shelves, graduated to the slope of the glass; they have a piece an inch wide sawn out of the middle; there is a space also left between them; so that the bottom of the frame is quite open, for the abundant admission of air to circulate thoroughly around the sides and bot- tom of the pots. By letting down the front light only, the plants may be left for days together, ex- posed to all the advantages of light and air, without care or notice, and when it is desirable to give them the benefit of a s
. The auricula; its culture and history. Primroses. 60 thorough ventilation. There are five rows of shelves, graduated to the slope of the glass; they have a piece an inch wide sawn out of the middle; there is a space also left between them; so that the bottom of the frame is quite open, for the abundant admission of air to circulate thoroughly around the sides and bot- tom of the pots. By letting down the front light only, the plants may be left for days together, ex- posed to all the advantages of light and air, without care or notice, and when it is desirable to give them the benefit of a shower remove the top lights. The following is an end view of the frame, which, by. measurement, is 4 ft. 8 in. at the back; 3 ft. 8 in. in front; 3 ft. 8 in. in depth, from front to back; and 15 in. from the shelves to the glass top light: the rise between the shelves is two inches, and the whole. 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 Johnson, George William, 1802-1886; Slater, J; Errington, Robert. London, R. Baldwin
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