The Gardener's magazine and register of rural & domestic improvement . ons to these structures; butwhen the immense labour of covering every evening withstraw mats and shutters, the breakage of glass, and the enor-mous consumption of fuel, are taken into consideration, theadvantage will in a short time be found to be on the side ofdouble sashes. In respect to the light, when the rafters areneatly made, very little will be lost, and the deprivation, at aseason when the plants are not in a growing state, is far lessinjurious than the scorching heat, which, when the house isformed only of single
The Gardener's magazine and register of rural & domestic improvement . ons to these structures; butwhen the immense labour of covering every evening withstraw mats and shutters, the breakage of glass, and the enor-mous consumption of fuel, are taken into consideration, theadvantage will in a short time be found to be on the side ofdouble sashes. In respect to the light, when the rafters areneatly made, very little will be lost, and the deprivation, at aseason when the plants are not in a growing state, is far lessinjurious than the scorching heat, which, when the house isformed only of single lights, is requisite to resist an intensityof cold sufficient to lower the thermometer 20°, or even 25,below zero of Reaumur. Since the above-described house was erected, there hasbeen a double-roofed camellia house built for the ArchdukeJohn, near the Carolinen Thor, at Vienna, of which Jig. the ground plan. 85 r\ , -ITT 6 ft. 6 4 2 0 12 18 30 ft, a. Stage. b b. Furnaces for heating the vacuity. 538 Douhle-ronfed Hot-houses. JFier. 86. Side view of the — T 1 1 Ml III 1 J _ 1 T 1 -X 1 _ 1 1 _L_ 1 Fig. 87. Section on the ine a b.
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