. Dreer's vegetables under glass : a little handbook telling how to till the soil during twelve months of the year. Vegetables; Cold-frames. DREER S VEGETABLES UNDER GLASS. 75 short range of several very extensive rhubarb forcing houses, one of which is partially represented in the engraving. The sides of this house are covered with heavy paper, and provi- sion is made for steam heating. When the sashes are in place the building can be heated quite easily, as the heat is not turned into the house until the winter is nearly over. The general details of construction can be learned from the pictu
. Dreer's vegetables under glass : a little handbook telling how to till the soil during twelve months of the year. Vegetables; Cold-frames. DREER S VEGETABLES UNDER GLASS. 75 short range of several very extensive rhubarb forcing houses, one of which is partially represented in the engraving. The sides of this house are covered with heavy paper, and provi- sion is made for steam heating. When the sashes are in place the building can be heated quite easily, as the heat is not turned into the house until the winter is nearly over. The general details of construction can be learned from the KHUBARBFOECING HOUSE OF E. J. FAUNCE, AELIKGTON, MASSACHUSETTS. [Building 31 x 204 feet.] This is perhaps a fair type of the great rhubarb forcing houses in New England. They vary in construction. Some are heated and some unheated. In the latter case the glass is merely for protection and for holding the warmth of the sunshine. Some have sloping roofs and some ilat rools. In the latter the rain finds its way from each sash to the ground 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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