. Cassell's popular gardening. Gardening. GLASS .STRUCTUEES AND APPLIANCES. 47 The stages, until a comparatively recent date, were mostly made of wood. This answered well while it lasted, which, however, was not long, owing to its being so constantly subjected to being wetted and dried. It is this alteration of condition that bearers, with slate, stone, or concrete shelving and staging, in lieu of wood. Beautiful castings of chastely designed patterns, from six inches to two feet or even a yard wide, may now be had for the purpose of plant-staging. The frames of the stages are also. Fig. 25.—A
. Cassell's popular gardening. Gardening. GLASS .STRUCTUEES AND APPLIANCES. 47 The stages, until a comparatively recent date, were mostly made of wood. This answered well while it lasted, which, however, was not long, owing to its being so constantly subjected to being wetted and dried. It is this alteration of condition that bearers, with slate, stone, or concrete shelving and staging, in lieu of wood. Beautiful castings of chastely designed patterns, from six inches to two feet or even a yard wide, may now be had for the purpose of plant-staging. The frames of the stages are also. Fig. 25.—A HOTJSE-TOP Conservatory near the Strand. proves so fatal to the durability of timber. Kept either dry or wet, good red deal, which was mostly used for plant-stages in green-houses, lasts a long time in good condition. But no care in use nor in painting could keep plant-stages from the trials of a daily, almost an hourly change in their conditions. Hence their rapid decay, and consequent expense and risk of accidents. These have led to the general selection of iron formed of cast or wrought iron resting upon stone. Such shelving may be said to be practically in- destructible, and is as porous as it is durable. Slate, stone, and concrete slabs have also been used on the iron framework or bearings of stages. These, however, are said by cultivators to be cold, and they are certainly not popular. Plants do not thrive so well on slate, stone, or concrete stages as on those of iron or wood. Nor is. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Fish, David Taylor, 1824-1901; Fish, D. T. (David Taylor), 1824-1901. London ; New York : Cassell
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