4 INTRODUCTION. [BOOK I- 



Situation is alfo a material point. Eve- 

 ry hot-houfe fhould be placed, if not in a 

 flickered, at leaft in a dry one, or which is 

 capable of being rendered fo, by draining. 



It is alfo of importance to have a perfeft 

 command of fire-heat. For this purpofe, 

 refpect muft be had to proportioning the 

 content of the houfe, to the power of the 

 furnace or furnaces, and that, too, accord- 

 ing to the purpofe for which it is appro- 

 priated, as wnether it be a Pinery, Vine- 

 ry, or Peach-houfe, and if either of the 

 latter, whether it be intended for early or 

 late forcing. 



But there are thofe who lay more than 

 fufficient ftrefs on this fubjed : Thinking, 

 perhaps, to demonftrate, that by building 

 a capacious houfe, with a furnace lefs than 

 another would advife, or which in the end 

 is.found neceflary, how great a faving there 

 might be of fuel. 



Of this, however, experience has con- 

 vinced me, that by allotting fpace which a 

 furnace cannot well command, inftead of 

 being a faving, is a great wafte of fuel. 

 Nor will the gardener ever have fuccefs, 

 but with much difficulty. 



For 



