Greenhouse construction : a complete manual on the building, heating, ventilating and arrangement of greenhouses, and the construction of hotbeds, frames and plant pits . probably be required. If the dwelling is heatedby hot water or steam, of course the matter of heatingwould be very simple, and, if not, the next most satisfac-tory plan will be to use a small hot water heater, or toobtain heat by placing a coil in a hot air furnace andconnecting it with hot water heating pipes in the con-servatory. Directions for arranging the pipes, etc., willbe found in the chapter on Heating Greenhouses. W
Greenhouse construction : a complete manual on the building, heating, ventilating and arrangement of greenhouses, and the construction of hotbeds, frames and plant pits . probably be required. If the dwelling is heatedby hot water or steam, of course the matter of heatingwould be very simple, and, if not, the next most satisfac-tory plan will be to use a small hot water heater, or toobtain heat by placing a coil in a hot air furnace andconnecting it with hot water heating pipes in the con-servatory. Directions for arranging the pipes, etc., willbe found in the chapter on Heating Greenhouses. Where only a small cold frame or hot bed is wanted,it can be arranged just outside a cellar window. If aframe four by two feet is sunk in the ground and coveredAvith a hotbed sash, the pit thus made can be used for THE BASEMENT PIT. 207 growing quite a variety of greenhouse j^lants, and. forstarting plants in the spring. In severe weatlier a lightcovering may he required to keep out frost, although ifthe cellar contains a furnace this will not he necessary,in ordinary winters, except in the colder sections of thecountrv. A writer in American Garden describes a cold. FIG. 118. CELLAR-WAY CONSERVATORY (Section). pit arranged in the outside cellar-way of a doors should be removed and replaced by hotbedsash, as in Fig. 117, which shows the appearance of thecellar-way from the outside. The stairs, Fig. 1J8, canbe used as shelves for the plants, and it will make a goodplace for wintering any half-hardy plants. By the use 208 GREENHOUSE CONSTRUCTION. of shutters and mats the frost can be kept out, evenwithout opening the inner doors. If artificial heat canbe provided, a variety of plants can be grown. INDEX. Amateurs, greenhouses for Arrangement of houses JJaniarci lieater Kencli bottoms, slate liencli bottoms, tile Bench bottoms, wooden Hencli frame, angle iron Hench frame, gas pipe for Hench frame, wooden Benches, greenhouse Boiler, size of, to use Boilers, steam, and their
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