. Florists' review [microform]. Floriculture. ||>CV' PLANS FOR BUILDING CONCRETE BENCHES The perennial interest in concrete benches is stronger than ever in these times of high prices of lumber and other materials. The simplicity of the plans employed by the grower who explains them below made a quick appeal when presented in brief by him in The Review a short time ago. ENEWED interest has been R shown of late by the trade in the practicability of concrete benches, which has been the subject of a good deal of discussion from time to time before. I have been growing car- nations, chrysanthem
. Florists' review [microform]. Floriculture. ||>CV' PLANS FOR BUILDING CONCRETE BENCHES The perennial interest in concrete benches is stronger than ever in these times of high prices of lumber and other materials. The simplicity of the plans employed by the grower who explains them below made a quick appeal when presented in brief by him in The Review a short time ago. ENEWED interest has been R shown of late by the trade in the practicability of concrete benches, which has been the subject of a good deal of discussion from time to time before. I have been growing car- nations, chrysanthemums, violets, etc., in benches of concrete for five years. The stock pro- duced has been excellent in quality and there has been absolutely no expense for repairs. The expense of construc- tion, after the forms have been made, is less per running foot than for cypress benches and the forms themselves may be used repeatedly. One Cast in Six Hours. In casting my benches, I use a form of simple construction and set it with- out the aid of a single stake or sup- port. Three men can take the form from one bench, 5x150 feet, and erect it for another in one day, after digging out for the feet of the bench, and five men and a m^xer can cast the bench in one day; we cast one in six hours. In order that others may have as little trouble as possible in constructing con- crete benches for themselves, T am de- scribing in detail the method which I have found most successful, giving figures for a bench twenty-four inches high, five feet wide and fifty feet long. The dimensions can easily be clianged to fit any size of bench. For every 4-foot section of bench. By FRED W. ARNOLD. procure from the lumber mill the fol- lowing: Eight pieces, %x6xl8 inches, for legs. Two pieces, %x6x60 inches, for sides of crossbeam. One piece, %x5x38 inches, for bottom of crossbeam'. Two pieces, %x8iX> inches, ten inches wide at the top and seven inches wide at the bottom, for ends of crossbeam. Six pieces, %x
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