. Rural essays. Gardening; Architecture, Domestic; Landscape architecture; Trees. A CHAPTER ON GREEN-HOUSES. 39. Fia. 8. Section of the Same. tMck is suflBcient); or it may, when it is to be attached to a wood- en dwelling,-be built of wood—good cedar posts being set as sup- ports 3^ feet deej), and lined with weather- boarding on each side, leaving a space of 12 inches wide, to be filled very com- pactly with charcoal dust, or dry tan. At the farther end of the house is a door, i. The roof may rise in the middle so as to be from 12'to 15 feet high (in our plan, it is shown 12 feet). It is who
. Rural essays. Gardening; Architecture, Domestic; Landscape architecture; Trees. A CHAPTER ON GREEN-HOUSES. 39. Fia. 8. Section of the Same. tMck is suflBcient); or it may, when it is to be attached to a wood- en dwelling,-be built of wood—good cedar posts being set as sup- ports 3^ feet deej), and lined with weather- boarding on each side, leaving a space of 12 inches wide, to be filled very com- pactly with charcoal dust, or dry tan. At the farther end of the house is a door, i. The roof may rise in the middle so as to be from 12'to 15 feet high (in our plan, it is shown 12 feet). It is wholly glazed,—the sashes on either side sliding down in the rafters, so as to admit air when necessary. The rafters themselves to be placed about 4 feet apart. Is it not a neat little' green-house—this structure that we have conjured up before you ? It is particularly light and airy ; and do you not observe that the great charm about it is, that every plant is within reach—always inviting attention, always ready to be en- joyed ? Truly, it is not like those tall houses, with stages running up like stairs, entirely out of the reach of one's nose, arms or fingers. Do you not see, also, that you can very well water and take care of yourself, if you tia really fond of such things ? Very well; now let us look a little into the. way in which we are to keep this little place of pleasure always warm and genial for the plants themselves. In the first place, we must inform our reader that we are not to have either a furnace with brick flues, or a boiler with hot water pipes. They are both excellent things; but we must have, at pre- sent, something simpler and more economical. Every body, in the northern States, very well knows what an air- tight stove is; a most complete and capital little machine, whether for wood or coal; most easily managed, and giving us almost the whole possible amount of caloric to begot out of hickory or Please note that these images
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