. The book of the garden. Gardening. GREENHOUSES. 391 appropriate carvings and mouldings; but for houses dedicated merely to culture, as this and the generality of greenhouses in ordinary gardens are, all mouldings and carvings should be dispensed with. All rafters and astragals should present a smooth and uniform surface, by merely being chamfered off from the shoulder of the rebate towards the lower point—always, however, leaving a sufficient thickness there in proportion to their depth. We see no reason why this roof, dispensing with rafters and framed sashes entirely, and consequently redu
. The book of the garden. Gardening. GREENHOUSES. 391 appropriate carvings and mouldings; but for houses dedicated merely to culture, as this and the generality of greenhouses in ordinary gardens are, all mouldings and carvings should be dispensed with. All rafters and astragals should present a smooth and uniform surface, by merely being chamfered off from the shoulder of the rebate towards the lower point—always, however, leaving a sufficient thickness there in proportion to their depth. We see no reason why this roof, dispensing with rafters and framed sashes entirely, and consequently reducing the expense of the roof more than one-half, and at the same time producing a much more light and elegant structure, might not have been all in one piece. The following references will explain our figs. : a and b spaces for large plants, c benches for small do., d curb-stones, e hot-water pipes, /stopcocks to turn the course of hot water into division b, when not re- quired in division a of ground-plan; g g cisterns for rain water under ground- level ; h h, &c, doors; i semicircular stage to fill up the lobby, as it were, that con- nects the two parts of this house together; h stoke-hole under ground, (but in the case of the house at Kew this is the point of entrance of the hot-water pipes, which are heated by a boiler placed at some distance.) The roof, as will be seen, is of the span form, and placed at an angle of 30°—perhaps the pitch best suited for houses of this form, and for such pur- poses. It is glazed with sheet glass, in lengths of only two panes to each side ; and the upright side-lights have only one pane, which gives the whole a light and cheerful appearance. Such a house as this may be imitated by any country gentleman, as it is, perhaps, the most economical, in proportion to the area which it covers, of any house possessing the same accommodation. For plant cultivators upon a limited scale, we may remark that, by throwing a glass partition across t
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