Democratic Sentinel, Volume 20, Number 21, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 29 May 1896 — Greenhouse on Rails. [ARTICLE]

Greenhouse on Rails.

The latest novelty In greenhouses Is a perambulating forcing glass house, which may be moved about ut will. The new greenhouse Is the exact counterpart of the old-fashioned, or rather pres, sent, form of structure, with the difference thut It rests on wheels, which In turn run along a regular track. This unique hothouse Is not limited ns to site. It Is regularly equipped with heating apparatus, Including un engine and boiler for developing steam. This Is In turn conveyed through a system of pipes* The striking feature Is thut tills entire outfit Is complete In Itself, and may be moved about bodily. This novel construction for a greenhouse lias a number of advantages. It makes It possible for a series of different crops to be covered at the successive periods. It often happens, for example, that several kinds of crops could be grown together were It possible to protect one kind of vegetation at one time of the year nnd another at a different period. This Ims long been a serious problem umoug florists and horticulturists In general. The movable forcing house Is a very simple solution of this difficulty. It may bo used to force one crop, and when this work has been accomplished It may be used to ripen some other crop. This unique glass house may be built on any scale. The Hides rest upon two tracks, which resemble ordinary railroad tracks, except that they are very much further apart. These may be extended for any distance. Tfie crops of plants which are to be protected by the glass house are planted In the ground between these rails. ,