Author: L. R. Taft

Publisher:

Published: 2015-07-20

Total Pages: 230

ISBN-13: 9781331899167

Excerpt from Greenhouse Construction: A Complete Manual on the Building, Heating, Ventilating and Arrangement of Greenhouses and the Construction of Hotbeds, Frames and Plant Pits In the summer of 1889 the writer erected two forcing houses for the Michigan State Experiment Station. They were designed to be experimental in their construction, and afforded means for a comparative test of various methods of building, glazing and ventilating, and of the relative merits of steam and hot water for greenhouse heating. When the houses had been used one season, a bulletin was issued, in which the construction was described, and the merits or demerits of the methods used were pointed out. During the winter a test of the heating systems was made, and the results were given in the same bulletin. The report was widely distributed, and was copied in full by many horticultural and engineering periodicals, while others gave it favorable notices, which led hundreds of prospective builders of greenhouses, in all parts of the country, to apply for copies, and made a second edition necessary. From nearly every State in the Union came letters, asking advice upon various points in greenhouse construction and heating, all of which indicated, not only that there was a widespread desire for information on these subjects, but that the sources of information were quite limited. At the request of the publishers, the preparation of this book was undertaken, and the attempt has been made to present the best methods of greenhouse construction. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.