Archive image from page 231 of A dictionary of modern gardening. A dictionary of modern gardening . dictionaryofmode01john Year: 1847 236 —•— FRA generally suffer in them for want of light: if the accumulation of heat was required, the colour should be black. Raising the Frames.—It is a well- known difficulty that the gardener has, in raising the frames so as to keep the foliage of the plants within them at a determined and constant distance from the glass. To remedy this, Mr. Nairn, gardener to J. Creswell, Esq., of Bat- tersea Priory, has introduced the inge- nious contrivance represented i
Archive image from page 231 of A dictionary of modern gardening. A dictionary of modern gardening . dictionaryofmode01john Year: 1847 236 —•— FRA generally suffer in them for want of light: if the accumulation of heat was required, the colour should be black. Raising the Frames.—It is a well- known difficulty that the gardener has, in raising the frames so as to keep the foliage of the plants within them at a determined and constant distance from the glass. To remedy this, Mr. Nairn, gardener to J. Creswell, Esq., of Bat- tersea Priory, has introduced the inge- nious contrivance represented in the ac- companying sketch and references :— A, a movable frame ; b b, inside lining of the pit; c c, outer wall. Between these the sides of the frame pass, and are lowered or elevated by racks and spindles, d d. Fig. 53. Fig. 53. A more simple plan might perhaps be adopted, by having frames of the same length and breadth as the origi- nal, but only from an inch to three inches, or upwards, deep. These, as necessary, might be put on the top, and would be kept close by the pressure of the lights; bolts and nuts might also be easily applied, and the interstices rendered still more impervious to air by being faced with list. The frame may often be made a substitute for the green-house ; and on this subject we have the following statement of Mr. Crambe, of Redbraes, near Edinburgh:— ' Being deficient in accommodation for heaths and pelargoniums, Mr. Crambe procured two melon-frames, the dimensions of which were twenty feet long by eight wide; he then built walls of a few courses of bricks, in- closing an area of the exact size of the frames upon which they were placed. The floor was elevated six inches above the ground, level and paved with bricks laid in finely-sifted coal-ashes, having the crevices between them filled with sand, which makes a better joint- ing than lime, the close joints of which leave no escape for the surplus water,— placing the building in a
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