. The book of the garden. Gardening. GLASS AND GLAZING. 539 puttied at all than to have too much placed between the laps, as, after a time, it falls out, and the thicker the body is the more likely is this to happen. The putty cannot be too thin for this purpose, and indeed it is question- able whether a little paint would not be a good substitute. We are not advocates for large squares of glass unless for con- servatories and houses of the first order; and in large establish- ments several sizes should be used. For vineries, peach-houses, &c, moder- ately sized squares should be employed
. The book of the garden. Gardening. GLASS AND GLAZING. 539 puttied at all than to have too much placed between the laps, as, after a time, it falls out, and the thicker the body is the more likely is this to happen. The putty cannot be too thin for this purpose, and indeed it is question- able whether a little paint would not be a good substitute. We are not advocates for large squares of glass unless for con- servatories and houses of the first order; and in large establish- ments several sizes should be used. For vineries, peach-houses, &c, moder- ately sized squares should be employed ; and for pits and less pretending struc- tures, panes of one-half that size, as the fractured squares of the former will cut down to repair the latter. The glass should be chosen flat, so that each pane may fit close to the other; and previous to glazing a new sash, they should be first fitted in to see that they are of a proper size, and that they range in straight lines, not only across each sash, but along the whole length of the roof. When this is arranged, the rebates should be bedded with putty, and the glass pressed firmly down upon it, and the sashes laid down flat until the bedding has partially dried, when the process of fore puttying should be gone on with, or the system of painting above described; but in either case the sashes should be kept quite flat, and not set on edge, as is too frequently the case; as by the latter practice the glass is apt to be shifted out of its proper place. The method described above of fixing the glass by means of a narrow strip of paint, instead of putty, may be adopted with great advantage even when putty is to be used. The paint will cause the fore putty to adhere more closely to the glass; and in the event of the putty coming away, the above precaution will prevent the entrance of wet both into the house and also from lodging in the rebate of the astragal. Read's mode of glazing.—The late Mr John Read, the inventor of Read's pate
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