Greenhouse construction : a complete manual on the building, heating, ventilating and arrangement of greenhouses, and the construction of hotbeds, frames and plant pits . -ir^5^5,-t i 1^ • FIG. 54. TILES FOR BENCHES. bench bottoms, in every way, are some of the forms ofbench tile. They are more or less porous, and pro-vide both for drainage and for a thorough aeration ofthe soil. Those invented by W. P. Wight, of Madi-son, N. J., seem particularly desirable. They can bemade of any size desired, although about twelve by sixinches seems a good one, and differ from most of theothers in having a r
Greenhouse construction : a complete manual on the building, heating, ventilating and arrangement of greenhouses, and the construction of hotbeds, frames and plant pits . -ir^5^5,-t i 1^ • FIG. 54. TILES FOR BENCHES. bench bottoms, in every way, are some of the forms ofbench tile. They are more or less porous, and pro-vide both for drainage and for a thorough aeration ofthe soil. Those invented by W. P. Wight, of Madi-son, N. J., seem particularly desirable. They can bemade of any size desired, although about twelve by sixinches seems a good one, and differ from most of theothers in having a row of holes along the center (Fig. 54A). The form shown in Fig. 54 C is five inches wideby twelve long, and Fig. 54 B represents a tile seven by BENCH BOTTOMS. 83. 84 GREENHOUSE CONSTRUCTION. twelve inches, both of which are manufactured for fire-proofing tlie structural iron in modern fireproof blocks,but answer very well for bench bottoms. By leavingspaces between the tiles, ample drainage can be Wight has invented a bench (Fig. 55) to be usedwith his tiles. For the tables in the show house, or conservatory,upon which large plants only are placed, large slabs ofslate, of the full width of the bench, may be used with-out any covering. In the growing houses some coveringfor the slate is desirable, and smaller sizes may be roofing slate, about twelve by eighteen inches insize, can be cheaply obtained, and, with a covering ofcoarse gravel, makes an excellent plant table. Whenused as bottoms for the tables in rose houses, and for cutting beds, they areless satisfactory than benchtile, as they allow of butimperfect drainage and aer-ation, and the soil andsand soon become careful watering theinjury will be somewhatles
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