Journal of horticulture, cottage gardener and country gentlemen . Liae. Fie- Fig. 3. bition to keep everythingand every structure to itsright use, wiU thank us forthis section of the Straw-beiTy-house at Enville. The other house is theprincipal Pine-stove, across section of which onthe same scale as the pre-ceding is given in fig. length of this houseis 50 feet; width inside,17 feet; height to apesfrom path, 10 feet; heightin front above groundlevel, nearly 3 feet. Thecentral path is sunk about1 foot below the groundlevel, the front path 3 is a narrow bed atback, a wider b
Journal of horticulture, cottage gardener and country gentlemen . Liae. Fie- Fig. 3. bition to keep everythingand every structure to itsright use, wiU thank us forthis section of the Straw-beiTy-house at Enville. The other house is theprincipal Pine-stove, across section of which onthe same scale as the pre-ceding is given in fig. length of this houseis 50 feet; width inside,17 feet; height to apesfrom path, 10 feet; heightin front above groundlevel, nearly 3 feet. Thecentral path is sunk about1 foot below the groundlevel, the front path 3 is a narrow bed atback, a wider bed in themiddle, and a broad slateshelf above the hot-waterpipes in front, forming amost valuable position forDwarf Kidney Beans inwinter. The beds aresepaiately heated by hotwater in a chamber be-neath them, the top of thechamber being covered bystrong slate. In this andother Pine-beds wood hadbeen used for covering thechamber, with openingsto let up the heat; butwhen the plants were turned out, there was ever and anon the bother of a pieceof wood giving way and letting a pa
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