II.] THE GREEN-HOUSE. 



CHAPTER XI. 



TffE GREEN-HOVSE. 



SECTION I. 



On tie ConftruRion of the Greep-Houfe* 



THIS compartment being an object of 

 tafte alone, is more fubjed to diver- 

 >fity in its conftrudtion, and that too with 

 more propriety, than any other in the gar- 

 den. And although the gardener (if a 

 judge) fhould have the fole direction in 

 building the different fpecies of forcing- 

 houfes 5 yet the fancy of the proprietor, 

 I fpeak in general terms, in refpecS of 

 the Green-houfe or Confervatory, may be 

 more fafely indulged in : flnce nothing is 

 at ftake here in comparifon to what is in 

 the pinery, grape-houfe, or peach-houfe. 



Many Green-houfes are not paved* This, 



in my opinion, is erroneous ; as the water 



that drops from the plants, in watering, 



caufes much damp in Winter, which is 



O verv 



