. Cyclopedia of American horticulture, comprising suggestions for cultivation of horticultural plants, descriptions of the species of fruits, vegetables, flowers, and ornamental plants sold in the United States and Canada, together with geographical and biographical sketches. Gardening. 1SU6-7. $ Dec. 1 8,5 to .$ .Tan. 1 to Feb. 1 to March 1 1,25 to April 1 1 25 to l.,50 May 1 to Month. -Season 1807-,' d'- /Sajfrai, .Stor<ip-e 2408. Plao of a home-built iced storehouse. First rionr iu uplier cut: basement in lower cut. should he used as far as pos
. Cyclopedia of American horticulture, comprising suggestions for cultivation of horticultural plants, descriptions of the species of fruits, vegetables, flowers, and ornamental plants sold in the United States and Canada, together with geographical and biographical sketches. Gardening. 1SU6-7. $ Dec. 1 8,5 to .$ .Tan. 1 to Feb. 1 to March 1 1,25 to April 1 1 25 to l.,50 May 1 to Month. -Season 1807-,' d'- /Sajfrai, .Stor<ip-e 2408. Plao of a home-built iced storehouse. First rionr iu uplier cut: basement in lower cut. should he used as far as possible in the details of con- struction. For this purpose brick is superior to stone, and wood is a better non-conductor than either. For permanence, however, efficiency in this respect must lie sacrificed. But as confined air may be l:ietter than an arti,- ficial substance, by multiplying the layers or partitions in a wall "deail-air spaces" can be increased and nearly perfect insulation secured. For the practical orchardist, however, cost must be considered, and if wood and pa- per can be made to take the place of brick at a suffi- ciently less cost, permanence may be overlooked. This can be done, and with these cheap materials very satis- factory results obtained. After proper insulation comes ventilation. With ice-cooled houses advantage should be taken of all assistance which nature can lend. With proper ventilating shafts for carrying off heat and mois- ture and ample subterranean pipes arranged to admit chilled air from naturally cool places such as ravines, the temperature of the house can be greatly lowered during frosty nights, and the store of ice husbanded to that extent. During the winter months outside cold can be admitted and housed up to maintain a low tempera- ture far into the summer. The cold storage of apples has now grown to be such an important factor in the markets that reports are made from time to time to give ail idea of the quantity of fruit
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