The art and practice of landscape gardening (1890)
Milner, Henry Ernest · London : Simpkin, Marshall, Hamilton, Kent · leaf 141
addition, it is well to remember thatthe difference in the length of a sunlight day in midsummer and inmidwinter is 17 hours as against 7 hours. The higher the latitude, thegreater should be the pitch of roof; thus for latitude 50, the pitchwould be 36^ and for latitude 60°, 46°. In growing-houses,… … HOTHOUSES. 8, inclination. By making a low pitch, the hot air is more evenly dis-tributed. In houses having a high pitch, the hot air accumulates atthe top of the house, and as the tendency of plants is for the sapto flow to the spot where the greatest heat exists, the lower portionsof such plants…
Landscape architecture
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