Greenhouse construction : a complete manual on the building, heating, ventilating and arrangement of greenhouses, and the construction of hotbeds, frames and plant pits . s will admit of the placing of a ventilating sash inthe front wall, but in low structures it will have to beplaced in the roof. Tlie conservatory roof should haverafters of two by four inch cypress running from eachpost to the wall of the house. The remaining frame-work of the roof will consist of two by one and one-eighth inch sash bars. In Fig. 110 is shown a cross sec-tion of a house six feet wide, from which the details f
Greenhouse construction : a complete manual on the building, heating, ventilating and arrangement of greenhouses, and the construction of hotbeds, frames and plant pits . s will admit of the placing of a ventilating sash inthe front wall, but in low structures it will have to beplaced in the roof. Tlie conservatory roof should haverafters of two by four inch cypress running from eachpost to the wall of the house. The remaining frame-work of the roof will consist of two by one and one-eighth inch sash bars. In Fig. 110 is shown a cross sec-tion of a house six feet wide, from which the details forthe construction of the walls and roof can be ascertained,while Fig. 109 gives an idea of the exterior appearance ofthe same conservatory. If the amount of glass exposed is not too large, nec-essary heat can be supplied from the adjoining livingroom for so-called cool house plants, but it will be desir-able to have heat directly supplied to the room. Hotwater or steam heating pipes, arranged as in Fig. 110,will be desirable, but if nothing better is available, oneor two large kerosene heating stoves can be used, pro- ATTACHED COKSERVATORIBS. 199 ^05 ? O^^ ? Pi. 200 GREENHOUSE COMSTRUCTION. iirraiiiicd to currv olT llie Leases of U,cl vided i) If more elaborate structures are desired, they shouldbe of a style that will correspond with that of the resi-dence. The location at the corner of the house, as seenin Fig. Ill, is desirable, as light can be obtained fromthree sides, and better results can be obtained than in averanda conservatory. DETACHED GREENHOUSES FOR AMATEURS. It frequently happens that for some reason it is notdesirable to have the conservatory attached to a building,in which case there will be a great variety of structuresfrom which to select. Here, again, the lean-to form will be found a cheap one toerect, and the same direc-tions apply here as in a largehouse. In Fig. 112 is pre-sented a cross section of ahouse built by Chas. Bar-nard, and descr
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