. My garden, its plan and culture together with a general description of its geology, botany, and natural history. Gardening. 74 MY GARDEN. and view which is presented the moment the threshold is crossed. To obtain these effects they must be designed ; and with me it is difficult to decide which is the more enjoyable, to contrive the picture or to contemplate it when made. For the construction of the roof of the fernery, a deal plank was split into three parts, each of which constituted a rafter, and on the edge a por- tion was cut away to receive the glass. The rafters were not even planed bu
. My garden, its plan and culture together with a general description of its geology, botany, and natural history. Gardening. 74 MY GARDEN. and view which is presented the moment the threshold is crossed. To obtain these effects they must be designed ; and with me it is difficult to decide which is the more enjoyable, to contrive the picture or to contemplate it when made. For the construction of the roof of the fernery, a deal plank was split into three parts, each of which constituted a rafter, and on the edge a por- tion was cut away to receive the glass. The rafters were not even planed but had before glazing three coats of anti-corrosive paint. I place great importance on this thorough painting before glazing, as it is a material aid to the adhesion of the putty. After glazing, two more coats of paint were used, as it is inconvenient to repaint a house full of plants. The Fernery and Poor Man's House are placed near together, and heated with one saddle-boiler, and a third very- small house is added for propagating plants. This is warmed by a large iron tank placed' by a flow and return pipe in connection with the boiler. By this plan the hot-water system is supplied with a large quantity of water, and thus the gardener has abundance of warm water at hand by which he can water his plants without chilling them. The cistern must be filled up once or twice a week, according to the demands made upon it. We have at another part of the garden a second group of houses, one a late vinery divided into two parts. In one portion the glass is arranged in two pitches, as though it were one-half the orchard-house placed against a wall (fig. 87). The second half of this vinery has a simple glass roof, like that of the fernery, but this has a south-west aspect instead of a north-west. Ventilation in the two-pitched house is obtained by a Fig. board in front, and by two moveable frames of glass at top. In the flat-roofed house ventilation is obtained by openings in t
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