. Gardening indoors and under glass; a practical guide to the planting, care and propagation of house plants, and to the construction and management of hotbed, cold-frame and small greenhouse. th, 20 feet long jiou&^ v^atl ZZ vfof^ ^O pr . m 1 Z0 -^ Fig. :2—Floor plan of thelean-to type of green-house shown in sectionon the opposite page. and 7 feet high, down to the ground, or a foot orso below it, if you can dig out. Below is listed thematerial such a house would require. With modernpatented framing methods such a house has beenestimated by greenhouse building companies to cost,for the mater
. Gardening indoors and under glass; a practical guide to the planting, care and propagation of house plants, and to the construction and management of hotbed, cold-frame and small greenhouse. th, 20 feet long jiou&^ v^atl ZZ vfof^ ^O pr . m 1 Z0 -^ Fig. :2—Floor plan of thelean-to type of green-house shown in sectionon the opposite page. and 7 feet high, down to the ground, or a foot orso below it, if you can dig out. Below is listed thematerial such a house would require. With modernpatented framing methods such a house has beenestimated by greenhouse building companies to cost,for the material only, from $325 to $400. Yetyou can have a wooden house that will serve yourpurpose at a cost for materials of $61 and, ifyou do not care to put it together yourself, a laborcost of, say, one-third more. As our north wall is already in place, we haveonly four surfaces to consider, as the accompany-ing diagram shows — namely, south wall, gableends, roof and openings. For the roof we will re- CONSERVATORIES AND SMALL GREENHOUSES 159 quire a ridge against the wall of the dwelling house,sash-bars running at right angles to this, a purlin, or support, midway of these, and a sill. Fig. 3—A sectional view of a two-bench, 10x20 built against the dwelling wall. If possible itwould be well to gain a steeper slope for the glass andbetter headroom. The detail in the upper right handcorner shows, at larger scale, the plate and front lights,indicated just below in the main section. for the lower ends. For the south wall we wnllneed posts, one row of glass, and boards and sheathing. For the gable ends, a board andsheathing wall to the same height, and for the bal-ance, sash-bars and glass. The required openingswill be a door or doors, and three ventilators, to givea sufficient supply of fresh air. i6o GARDENING INDOORS AND UNDER GLASSFor these the material required will be: 10 ft. of 2-in. X 4-in. ridge $ 13 lo-ft. drip bars 2 10-ft. end bars 5 6-ft. X V/i-in
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