Excerpt from The American Florist, Vol. 10: A Weekly Journal for the Trade, February 2, 1895At this place a space between the bench and the siding.7 is left, 6 inches wide, to allow the free circulation of the heat from the pipes, which are placed under the bench. The sides next the walk are left Open. That is to say the space all below the bottom of the bench is not confined in any way. In putting the boards for the bottom of the bench we use 6-inch boards placed at about half an inch apart, to allow ample drainage. These cracks are cbvered with a little moss or excelsior.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis 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.