SIMPLE GREENHOUSE.

Bruce Herald, Volume XXXX, Issue 45, 10 June 1903, Page 7

SIMPLE GREENHOUSE.

Unique In itg Arrangement of Benches and Easily Constructed J The illustration shows a crosssection ; of an easily constructed andvery serviceable greenhouse. It is unique in its arrangement of benches, these being on . the ground, thus retaining heat and moisture much better than a thin layer of earth upon a raided wooden bench. The walk is a trench dug out between the benches, cemented. 1 and having t a line of tile beneath it to secure perfect drainage. The sides of the walk can be bracked up, or foourded, as preferred, the latter method, of course, not being

CROSS SECTION OF GREENHOUSE. as permanent as where brick is used The -walls of this greenhouse are verj low, just allowing the eaves to clear the ground satisfactorily, so that snow wil not lie upon the glass. Pipes are indicated in the solid benches for use ii: sub-irrigation, if this plan of watering is desired. The heating pipes are suspended over the benches, as in the ordinary greenhouse. The same construction could be used in a three-bench greenhouse, in which case two walks would have to be dug-, leaving a solid bed between them. In this case, the two roofs would have to be supported by a purlin plate, and uprights. One can work out the details to suit his own circumstances. Where cedar posts are used as a foundation, it would be necessary to heavily mulch the ground just outside the walls to keep the frost out of the ground adjacent to the solid benches, as frost {here would render the maintaining of heat in the benches much more difficult, A solid foundation is, of course, preferable. — Webb Donnell, in Orange Judd Farmer.