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Definition of Greenhouses
1. greenhouse [n] - See also: greenhouse
Lexicographical Neighbors of Greenhouses
Literary usage of Greenhouses
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Minnesota Horticulturist by Minnesota State Horticultural Society (1891)
"My report on greenhouses and hotbeds for the last year will of necessity be short as
... Quite a number of new greenhouses have been built, but no special ..."
2. The Principles of Floriculture by Edward Albert White (1915)
"greenhouses are exceedingly difficult structures to maintain at a given ...
Conditions are such in greenhouses that a variation of a few degrees in ..."
3. Vegetable Forcing by Ralph Levi Watts (1917)
"It is generally conceded that greenhouses, especially in northern sections,
possess, for the forcing of most vegetables, distinct advantages over frames. ..."
4. Practical Floriculture: A Guide to the Successful Cultivation of Florists by Peter Henderson (1911)
"The plans and descriptions of greenhouses given in ... greenhouses eleven feet
wide, but further experience has led me to believe that the wide greenhouse, ..."
5. I.C.S. Reference Library: A Series of Textbooks Prepared for the Students of by International Correspondence Schools (1905)
"The pipes commonly used for hot-water service in greenhouses are slightly less
than 4 inches in diameter, 1 lineal foot of pipe being equal to 1 square foot ..."
6. Heating and Ventilating Buildings: A Manual for Heating Engineers and Architects by Rolla Clinton Carpenter (1915)
"In many cases large cast-iron pipes, the method of erection of which is described
in Chapter VI, are used in hot-water heating of greenhouses. ..."
7. Farm and Garden Rule-book: A Manual of Ready Rules and Reference with by Liberty Hyde Bailey (1911)
"The Heating of greenhouses (RC Carpenter) ... In estimating the heat required
for greenhouses, the area expressed in square feet of glass in the roof and ..."
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