Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1891-11-06


know family In which three years ago
we're boy u sixteen md girl 81 fourteen.
The homestead was four or i've mile. from
The limits ~ blk city, and the children
wanted 10 have the advantages offered hy
the city schools; but the family pure waa
too lean to admit of the necessary cApcnd,'
tufc. IN some way the children mhde no
their minds that they could mase money
raising flowers. They sct about % with
earncstncss Of purpose aud they succccdud
beyond their ioudu.t expectations.
Their BEGINNING was made on "a capital
of less than tD0 loaned 10 them hy thrir
father. One hundred and twenty-five ~
II. they spent on their greenhouse aud
with the rrst theY purchased plants. The
greenhouse which they started with ~
shown IN Fix 4. it WIS constructed
wholly BY the father aud s1n, with no *.
pcnse for skilled labor This winter 20
greatly has their business grown, they will
hare new and mora cnnmolious green.
house. which ~ shown 10 Fig. q The new
structure ~ one " tho hcst but even ~
will not he an enormously expensive In.
yestment
Their int greenhouse WINS built NJ the
side NJ tho dwelling II va, In tact. u glass
rooted lean to- A door WA cut from
the dining room Into w. Near this door
stood the dining room stove. aud by leav-
ing the door open nj night aud 1T Intervals
through the day, all the heat necessary for
the plants was obtained during the whola
of the first winter.
The little greenhouse was feet high
whore Il ioit1d the dwelling and sloped
until IL outer edge wa ouly . feet above
the ground. It, length was y feet. The
walls consisted 81 locust posts ret feet
apart with thclr lower ends below tho
reach ~ frost. and sheathcd inside add
ont with tonHuod aud grooved white pine
A LAYER Of waterproof building paper was
nailed over the outer shcathing and this in
turn WIS covered with Inch hoyclci white
pine siding. The open space between tho
studs aud shoaihIng served ~ a noncon.
durtor, aud this air cushion did moro TO
Keep out frost than q brick wall would
/ have done
Tho vertical sash a. tho sides was mere
| ~ stock window sash. hinged ut the top
aud arranged TO open ontwarlly with suit
/ able wrought irou faHenlngs 20 hold In
| position ~ desired. The roof was built Of
/ grooycd strip. placed the width ola psno
| " glass apart, and the glass was held Ia
| place by double pointed taGks driven over
each corner When the glass had been
we'll secured In this way the Joints were
nlled with white lesd aud putty mixed
with boiled linseci soil. One section oi
the roof as well a. one on each Of the three
sides was arranged 10 open Tor ventilation.
The entrances from the dwelling 10 the
greenhouse was closed BY two half glass
doors with a space Of or 8 Inches be-
tween them. The noor OF the greenhouse
| was Of earth wot down, well rammed, aud
the top made level aud smooth. Such q
door, after the plants have been watercd a
Tow times, will give oil moisture constantly
and help 10 keep the plants In good con.
dltion The bcuchcs or shelves on which
Il the Hover pots we're plaosd were about
gs feet above the floor, with step for III,
accommodation Of additional pots nlonf
the side In the center Of thu room VIZ, d
table or platform, and In this way spae,
Afforded for several hundred plants.