Commercial rose culture under glass and outdoors; a practical guide to modern methods of growing the rose for market purposes . GREENHOUSE CONSTRUCTION FOR ROSE GROWING 171 dington range (Nos. 2 and 3) with the exception of the sidesill which is of cypress instead of cast iron as on the Duck-ham-Pierson range. No. 4.—Houses are of sectional iron frame constructionwith rafters placed 11 feet, i inch on centers. The eave lines on both houses are 7 feet high. Continu-ous ventilating sash are placed on each side of the ridge oneach house, also on each of the vertical sides. The roofsash are hinged


Commercial rose culture under glass and outdoors; a practical guide to modern methods of growing the rose for market purposes . GREENHOUSE CONSTRUCTION FOR ROSE GROWING 171 dington range (Nos. 2 and 3) with the exception of the sidesill which is of cypress instead of cast iron as on the Duck-ham-Pierson range. No. 4.—Houses are of sectional iron frame constructionwith rafters placed 11 feet, i inch on centers. The eave lines on both houses are 7 feet high. Continu-ous ventilating sash are placed on each side of the ridge oneach house, also on each of the vertical sides. The roofsash are hinged to the ridge, while the side sash are hingedto the galvanized angle iron eave plate. Stationary sash extend from the top of the 5-inch-castiron sill which caps the 4-inch concrete wall up to a gal-vanized iron transom. All the houses are heated with Rosa Stylosa 172 COMMERCIAL ROSE CULTURE


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