THE VINERY. 



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rally supplanted. The section of the peach-house at page 

 333 will convey an idea of the usual configuration of the 

 vinery. On the preceding page, Fig. 36 represents a sec- 

 tion and a ground-plan of a curvilinear vinery (having a 

 mush-room-house behind), heated by hot water. 



A vinery, with flues and two furnaces, is generally fifty 

 feet long, twelve or fourteen wide within, the height of the 

 back wall being ten or twelve feet. Where there is only 

 one surface, or where a hot-water apparatus is employed, 

 the length of the house should not exceed thirty-five or 

 forty feet. Small divisions are to be preferred ; for where 

 there is a considerable extent of glass, the cultivator, by 

 applying his fires to the different divisions in succession, 

 can prolong the crop from May to December. The para- 

 pet wall in front is commonly arched, or built on lintels, 

 supported by stone pillars ; so that the vines, which are 

 planted inside the house, close by the parapet, may send 

 abroad their roots in search of nutriment. Sometimes the 

 vines are planted without, and introduced into the house 

 by slanting apertures in the front wall ; but the former 

 method, where possible, is the more eligible. The trellis 

 use I for training is generally formed of wires drawn across 

 the rafters, at the distance of a foot from each other. Of 



