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the fire-place or flues be carried too near any of tiers, sliding one over the other, of sufficient 

 the wood-work. length together to reach quite from the top of 

 After this, proceed to set out the cavity for the upright framing in front, to the top of the 

 the bark-pit, first allowing a space next the back-wall. The cross bars should be grooved 

 flues for an alley or walk, eighteen inches or lengthways, above, to carrv off wet falling be- 

 two feet wide all round, and then in the middle tween the frames of the sloping lights ; making 

 space form the pit for the bark-bed, six or seven the upper end of the top tier of glasses shut 

 feet wide, the length in proportion to that of the close up to the plate in the wall behind, running 

 House, and a yard or more deep; inclosing it by under a proper coping of wood or lead, fixed 

 a surrounding wall. It may cither be sunk at along above close to the wall, and lapped down 

 bottom a little in the ground, raising the rest of due width to cover, and shoot off the vet 

 above, by means of the parapet wall; or, if sufficiently from the upper termination of the 

 there is danger of wet below, it should be rais- top sashes. Some wide Houses have, exclusive 

 ed mostly above the general surface. The sur- ot the main slope sliding glass sashes, a shorter 

 rounding wall should be nine inches, but a upper tier of glass fixed ; the upper ends beino- 

 brick-wide wail is often made to do, especially secured under a coping as above, and the lower 

 that part which forms the parapet above ground, ends lapping over the top ends of the upper 

 It should be coped all round with a timber plate sliding tier, and this over that below in the 

 or kirb, framed and mortised together, which same manner, to shoot the wet clear over each 

 effectually secures the brick-work. upper end or termination; likewise along the 

 The bottom of the pit should be levelled and under outer edge of the top plate, or crown- 

 well rammed, and if paved with any coarse piece in front, may lie a small channel to re- 

 material, it is an advantage in preserving the ceive the water from the sloping glass sashes, 

 bark. And the path or alley round the pit must and convey it to one or both ends without run- 

 be neatly paved with brick or stone. ning down upon the upright sashes, being care- 

 The glass-work for inclosing the whole should ful that the top part behind be well framed and 

 consist of a close-continued range of glass secured, water-tight, and the top of the back 

 sashes all along the front, both ends, and roof, wall finished a little higher than the glasses, with 

 quite up to the back wall ; each sash being a a neat coping the whole length, 

 yard, or three feet six inches wide; and for the The bars of wood which support the glasses 

 support of which, framings of timber must be should be neatly formed, and made neither verv 

 erected on the brick-walling, conformable to the broad or thick to intercept the rays of the sun. 

 width and length of the sashes. Those, however, at top, should be strong 

 For the reception of the perpendicular glasses enough to support the glasses without btndino- 

 in the front and ends, a substantial timber plate under them. In wide Houses uprights are ar- 

 must be placed along the top of the front and ranged within at proper distances," to support 

 end walls, upon which should be erected up- the cross rafters mure perfectly, 

 rights, at proper distances, framed to a plate or In respect to the glass work in the sloping 

 crown-pi'jce above, of sufficient height to raise sashes, the panes of glass should be laid in 

 the whole front head high, both ends corre- putty, with the ends lapping over each other 

 sponding with the front and back; a plate of about half an inch; the vacancies of which are 

 timber being also framed to the back wall above, in some closed up at bottom with putty, others 

 to receive the sloping bars from the frame-work leave each lapping of the panes open, in order 

 in front ; proper grooves being formed in the for the air to enter moderately, and that the 

 front plates below and above, to receive the rancid vapours arising from the fermentation of 

 ends of the perpendicular sashes, sliding close the bark-bed, &e. within, may thereby be kept 

 against the outside of the uprights all the way in constant motion without condensing much ; 

 along the front, or they may be contrived tor and also that such as condense aQ-aJnst the 

 only every other sash, to slide one on the side glasses, may discharge itself at those places 

 of the other. without dropping upon the plants. The upright 

 And from the top of the upright framing in sashes in front may either be glazed as aboTe, 

 front should be carried substantial cross-bars or or the panes laid in lead work ; being very 

 bearers, sloping to the top of the back wall, careful to have the glazing well performed, and 

 where they are framed at both ends to the wood- proof against wet. 



Mi'oik or plates, at regular distances, to receive The doors should have the upper parts s^-lud 

 and support the sloping ghss sashes of ihe roof, and glazed to correspond with the oilier glass- 

 when placed close together upon the cross bars work, 

 or rafters, and generally ranging in two or more On the inside the walls should be plastered, 



