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principally of Muscat of Alexandria, just about ripe; the pots are 

 placed on either side of the house, and the vines are trained under 

 the ridge, forming; a beautiful arch of Grapes. Of some otherwise 

 trained, the accompanying is a representation. Another division is 

 occupied by French Beans nearly fit for use. The boiler which 

 heats this range also heats the lean-to ; there is a flow and return 

 pipe for each side of the houses, and stops to each division, in order 

 that they may be worked together or separately, as may be most 

 expedient. One of the divisions of the lean-to pits is filled with 

 Cucumbers, now in full bearing. 



In addition to these, the builder above mentioned has just about 

 completed a range of new vineries, with offices at the back, which, 

 for beauty of workmanship very few can equal, and they appear 

 well designed for the uses to which they are to be put. They are 

 on the lean-to principle, and differ little from ordinary houses of this 

 description — except in the ventilation not being so complicated. This 

 range is 105 feet long and 15 wide, and is in three divisions — two 

 being 30 feet and one 45 feet long. They are 13 feet high at the 

 back from the floor line, 5 feet high at the front, where the lights 

 are hinged, and worked by a horizontal rod, which runs the whole 

 length of the house. From this rod is an arm with a joint in the 

 middle fastened to the centre of the bottom of each light ; a handle 

 15 inches long on the end of the rod works all the lights at one 

 time. The top sashes slide and work with cords and pulleys; and 

 there are ventilators in every alternate light in the back wall. The 

 front wall is built on arches, one being placed under each light. 

 The path along the back consists of stone pavement built on arches. 

 The whole of the inside of the house is therefore available for the 

 roots of the vines. This beautiful range is heated with 4 -inch pipes, 

 four pipes being put along the front and two at each end ; the pipes 

 rest on neat cast-iron supports. The training trellis is made of 

 galvanised iron, the wires being placed horizontally 15 inches apart, 

 and the same distance from the glass, but 2 feet from the latter 

 in the front. The studs that fix the wires in front are IS inches 

 long, as the vines are planted in the inside of the pipes. 



Large iron tanks are placed over the boilers to receive the rain- 

 water from the roof, and to supply the vineries with tepid water, 

 which is drawn off from a tap in a recess inside, in the back wall of 

 the vinery. 



Among the back offices are two mushroom-houses, heated by the 

 same boiler as the large house. The shelves are slate, and on iron 

 bearings on each side of the path ; a flow and return pipe are laid on 

 each, with stops, to work them together or separately, as may be de- 

 sired. The other offices consist of labourers' mess-room, tool-house, 

 root-store, potting- shed, fuel-houses, &c. ; they are altogether very 

 complete, and highly creditable to the builder intrusted with theii 

 construction, as well as to Mr. Bousie for their convenient arrange- 

 ment, and that of the excellent contrivances connected with them. 



The annexed plan will assist the reader in understanding what 

 we have been attempting to describe, and may form a guide for 



