ORCHARD HOUSE. 



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ORCHARD HOUSE. 



roof; and about 3 feet from the surface 

 of the ground, two similar sliding shutters 

 will ventilate the lower part of the house 

 behind, and on a level with them. Venti- 

 lation behind is further secured by shutters 

 2 feet 6 inches long, and running the whole 

 length of the house under the wall plate ; 

 below these shutters the space is rilled in 

 with boarding, well painted. In summer, 

 it is impossible to give too much air. The 

 house is now complete, except the door, 

 which must open inwards for obvious 

 reasons, and may be half glass, or other- 

 wise, at the proprietor's discretion. 



Within the house, a trench, 18 inches 

 deep and 3 feet wide, is formed, to which 



considerable size, when the height of the 

 building is taken into consideration: it 

 may, in fact, on account of its wooden 

 front, back, and ends, and its glass roof, 

 be looked upon as a cucumber frame on 

 a large scale. The diagrams are all drawn 

 to scale, according to the scale of feet given 

 below Fig. I. Beginning with this diagram, 

 which represents the ground plan of th( 

 orchard house, the dimensions adoptee 

 are in accordance with those of the hous^ 

 recommended by Mr. Rivers, and the rela- 

 tive positions of the posts of the structure, 

 the central passage running through it, the 

 border in the front and the border at the 

 back, with the raised terrace in the rear 



FIG. 2. FRONT ELEVATION. 



two steps from the outside will lead. This 

 leaves a platform or border on each side of 

 4 feet 9 inches ; the back border requires 

 to be raised 1 8 inches above the original 

 ground level, and Mr. Rivers suggests that 

 it would be improved by a second terrace 

 behind the first, 14 inches in height, sup- 

 ported by a 4^-inch brick wall, so that the 

 back row of trees need not be shaded while 

 they are brought nearer to the glass. 



The nature, size, and appearance of the 

 structure that has just been described will 

 be rendered clearer to the ordinary reader 

 by the diagrams that are given in Figs. I, 

 2, 3, 4, 5, and 6. The house itself is a 

 low boarded structure with a glass roof of 



are all shown, with the doorway at eac^ 

 end of the passage. It is always conve. 

 nient, if situation permit, to be able to gq 

 in at one end of the house and out at thq 

 other, and having two doors instead of one 



j increases the means of ventilation in hot 

 weather. If it is not possible to have two 



doors, as may be the case in some gardens, 

 then the door must be made in the end 

 which can be most easily approached. 

 Again, there may be situations as, for 

 example, at the end of a narrow garden 

 about 30 feet wide, with a fairiy good 

 aspect, ranging from south-east to south- 

 west in which it is desirable to make the 

 house right across the garden without the 



