HOT HOT 



for pricking out, carrots, small white turnip- ed directly south and north, having a sloped 



radjshes, Dutch turnips, mint, tarragon, tansey, roof to e'ach side like the roof of°a house; 



basil, capsicums, love-apples, coriander, pur- also to the front or south end ; both sides and 



slanc, early dwarf potatoes, and mushrooms, the south end front being of e;]ass. These 



in a bed of a peculiar sort. But those for which Houses are made from ten°or twelve to fifteen 



these beds are absolutely necessary are all the or twenty feet wide, the length at pleasure ; 



first sort, and basil, capsicum, love-apple, and and from ten to twelve feet high in the middle' 



mushrooms. ^ both sides fully head height ; being formed by a 



HOT-HOUSE, a sort of garden-erection, brick wall all round, raised only two or three 



mostlyformed of glass work, in which aconstant, feet on both sides, and south eiid ; but at the 



regular degree of artificial heat by fire and bark north end like the gable of a house. Upon the 



hot-beds is kept up. top of the side and south end walling is erected 



It is made us.e ot tor procuring some sorts of the framing for the glass-work, which is some- 

 fine fruits, such as the pine-apple, and for rais- times formed two or three feet upright, immedi- 

 ing and preserving various sorts of tender exo- ately on the top of the wall, having the sloped 

 tics from the hot parts of the world. glass-work above; and sometimes' wholly of a 



In the construction of these houses, a wall of continued slope on both sides, immediately 



eightortenfeethighormore,israisedbehind,with from the top of the side walls to that of 



a low wall in front and both ends, on which is the middle ridge. They are furnished either 



placed upright glass-work, four, five, or six feet, with one or two bark-pits; but if of any con- 



and a sloping glass roof, extending from the top siderable width, generally with two ranging 



of the front to the back wall. Internal flues for parallel, one under each slope of the top glass, 



fire-heat, in winter, are also contrived, and a separated by a two-feet path running alon»- the 



capacious oblong or square pit in the bottom middle of the House, and sometimes continued 



space, in which to have a constant bark-bed to all round each pit, with flues ranged alono- 



furnish a continual regular heat at all seasons ; against the inside walls; the whole terminating 



so as in the whole to warm the inclosed internal in an upright funnel or chimney at the north 



air always to a certain proper high degree. end. 



Besides the above, these Houses are of great Other Hot-houses are formed entirely square, 



utility in forwarding many sorts of choice or de- having a ten- or twelve-foot brick wall behind • 



sirable hardy plants, flowers, and fruits, to early that of the front and both sides, only two or 



perfection, which being sown or planted in pots, three feet high for the support of the olass-work, 



and placed in them in winter, or early in spring, placed upright nearly the same height, and 



the constant heat thus produced forwards them sloped above on both sides and front, which are 



to maturity two or three months or more before wholly of glass. These arc furnished within 



their natural season in the full ground ; such as with bark-pits and flues, as in the others, 

 kidney-beans, strawberries, &c: alsomany sorts In particular cases they are likewise made 



of flowering plants, both annuals and perennials, semicircular, or entirely circular, bein»- formed 



of moderate growth, are forwarded to early with a two or three feet brick wall supporting 



bloom; and vines planted in the outside, close the glass framing, which is continued quite 



to the front, the stem of each introduced round ; having the bark-pit also circular, and 



through a small hole above, and the internal flues carried all round the inside of the walling, 



branches trained up under the glasses, produce terminating in a chimney on the northern side" 

 grapes at an early period, as in May. In Hot- The first forms are probably the best for 



houses, likewise, early cucumbers maybe raised general purposes. 



in good perfection; and the seeds, cuttings, Hot-houses on these plans are madeof different 



slips, &c. of many curious tender plants for- dimensions, according to the sizes of the plants 



warded exceedingly in their growth, by plunging they are designed to contain ; but for common 



the pots containing them in the bark-bed. See purposestheyshouldbeonlyofamoderate height 



Stove. not exceeding ten. or twelve to fourteen feetbe- 



These Houses are mostly ranged lengthways hind, and five or six in front : some are, how- 



ncarly east and west, that the glasses of the ever, built much more lofty behind, to admit 



front and roof may have the full influence of of the taller growing exotics placed towards the 



the sun. This is the most convenient situation back part, to grow up accordingly in a lofty sta- 



for common Hot- houses, either for pines or ture ; but the above are best adapted to the cul- 



other exotics. ture of pines, and other moderate growino- 



Some Houses of this sort, instead of being plants, as well as for forcing in; as ve 



placed in this direction, have lately been rang- houses require a greater force of heat, and by 



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