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Identifier: greenhousestheir01wrig (find matches)
Title: Greenhouses, their construction and equipment
Year: 1917 (1910s)
Authors: Wright, W. J. (William Joseph), b. 1881
Subjects: Greenhouses
Publisher: New York : Orange Judd Co.
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: Sloan Foundation

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th mats and shuttersdescribed in a succeeding paragraph. In cold climates the pit is at least 5 feetdeep. In very severe climates a mulch ofmanure 6 inches deep placed for a distanceof 4 or 5 feet around the pit before the groundfreezes, will effectually protect it. As thenormal winter temperature of the soil be-low the frost line is considerably above freez-ing, coldpits furnish excellent storage forgladiola, dahlia and similar plants, and alsofor bulbs for winter forcing. A row of stor-age pits and coldframes along the south sideof a greenhouse is of great convenience.The house must be provided with a gutter, orthe frames set a foot or more away from theside of the house to guard against breakage 38 GREENHOUSES by snow or ice falling from the roof. A pitmay be attached to the south side of a dwell-ing and connected with the basement. Whenthe house is heated by a furnace this may beeasily heated with little expense, and be usedfor growing vegetables or flowers through-out the winter.
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Fig. 13.—Sash-bed attached to basement of dwelling SASH-BED CONSTRUCTION 29 FORCING BOXES Forcing boxes or plant forcers are small coldframes with a single pane of glass, which are used to place over individual plants started early in the spring. They are used

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