VINERIES GROUND 



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VINERIES, GROUND. 



of the grape have not been blackened by 

 the disease. 



Vineries, Ground. 



Some years ago a great deai of interest 

 was shown in viticulture, or grape-growing, 

 by means of long ranges of garden frames, 

 or "ground vineries," as they were then 

 called. The system is too good a one to 

 be permitted to drop out of recollection, 

 and it is noticed here. In point of fact it 

 is merely an adaptation of the principle of 

 protecting tender plants in winter, or ac- 

 celerating the growth of early vegetables in 



of the extreme size shown in the illustra- 

 tion that is to say, of the size shown by 

 the space A, B, c, D, E. A convenient 

 width for the vinery will be 3 feet, inside 

 measurement, timber ij inch or ij inch 

 thick being used for the frame, which will 

 bring the outside measurement to 3 feet 

 2\ inches or 3 feet 3 inches. Two slips of 

 timber of the same thickness as the frame 

 must then be cut out and bevelled, as 

 shown at c, and firmly screwed together, 

 each screw being inserted on the opposite 

 side to that into which the last screw put 

 in has been driven, so that the pieces of 



FIG. I. SECTIONAL VIEW OF -VINERY. 



spring, by means of lengths of boarding in 

 front and in the rear, closed in at the ends, 

 and supporting garden lights, glazed or 

 covered in with even oiled paper or oiled 

 calico. For grape-growing the frames must 

 be of a more solid and finished character, 

 and for those who wish to make them for 

 it does not appear that they are now sup- 

 plied by horticultural builders the follow- j 

 ing description is given, illustrated by a j 

 sectional view of the structure in Fig. i. 

 The length of the vinery having been 

 determined and this must be of course 

 regulated by the length of ground at 

 command two ends must be constructed 



wood forming the ridge may be firmly held 

 together throughout its length. Notches 

 should be cut in the apex of each end for 

 the reception of the ridge piece, which 

 need not be more than 2 inches wide in its 

 widest part that is to say, on the outside 

 from c to the edge F, at which the lights 

 are hinged to it. Before the pieces that 

 form the ridge are screwed together, mor- 

 tises must be cut in them for the reception 

 of tenons at the ends of strips or bars 

 running at intervals from the ridge to the 

 boards forming the front and back of the 

 frame (or the sides of the frame, if the term 

 be preferred), and to these the other ends 



