. Rural essays . lelogram, in the middle of the house, c, 1 feet wide ; the shelf, whichborders the margin of the house, c?, is about 18 inches wide. Thiswill hold all the small pots, the more delicate growing plants, thewinter-flowering bulbs, and all those little favorites which of them-selves like best to be near the light, and which one likes to havenear the eye. It is quite incredible what a number of dozen ofsmall plants this single shelf, running nearly all round, will hold. i -^^^^-y-r^^^^^^M^^M^fl -I i WALK. mm0:^m^MmmyMy/y^-(^m^^^^^^ Fig. 2.—Plan of a small Green-IIouse. Now let US t
. Rural essays . lelogram, in the middle of the house, c, 1 feet wide ; the shelf, whichborders the margin of the house, c?, is about 18 inches wide. Thiswill hold all the small pots, the more delicate growing plants, thewinter-flowering bulbs, and all those little favorites which of them-selves like best to be near the light, and which one likes to havenear the eye. It is quite incredible what a number of dozen ofsmall plants this single shelf, running nearly all round, will hold. i -^^^^-y-r^^^^^^M^^M^fl -I i WALK. mm0:^m^MmmyMy/y^-(^m^^^^^^ Fig. 2.—Plan of a small Green-IIouse. Now let US take a glance at the plan of the s. clion of the gi-een-house, jig. 3, which may be supposed to be a slice down throughthe end of it. The sides of the house are 8 feet high. They con-sist of a row of sashes (/), 3^ feet high, placed just below the platethat supports the roof, and a wall, 7i, on which these sashes may be a wall of brick or stone (if of the former, 8 inches A CHAPTER ON QREEN-HOUSES. 39. Fio. 3. Section of the Same. thick is suflScient); orit may, Avhen it is tobe attached to a wood-en dwelling, be builtof wood—good cedarposts being set as sup-ports 3 J feet deep, andlined with weather-boarding on each —side, leaving a spaceof 12 inches wide, tobe 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 feethigh (in our plan, it is shown 12 feet). It is wholly glazed,—thesashes on either side sUdinr/ down in the rafters, so as to admit airwhen necessary. The rafters themselves to be placed about 4 feetapart. Is it not a neat^ little green-house—this structure that wehave conjured up before you ? It is particularly light and airy ; anddo you not observe that the great charm about it is, that every plantis within reach—always in^^ting attention, always ready to be en-joyed ? Truly, it is not like those tall houses, with^ stages runningup like
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