all heated hi/ one Fire. 



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could be allowed, were the external air to have a duect access 

 to the plants. 



The vinery requires no flues, being supplied with heat from 

 the piner}^, thereby saving considerable expense ; and, by train- 

 ing the vines on pendent trellises , a greater supply of fruit is 

 obtained than by any other way, besides the pleasant appear- 

 ance it gives to the house. The vine border (c) is raised, in 

 order to keep the roots of the vines sufficiently dry. 



I am, Sir, &c. Ab. Caldicott. 



Rugby Lodge, Wavmclishire, Feb. 1 9. 



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Pinery {Jigs. 85. and 86.). — a a [Jig. 85. b) are stone stop- 

 pers, by which the flues may be cleaned without being broken 

 into. Iron rods 20 in. in length are screwed across each raf- 

 ter [Jig. 86. b), with holes 4 in. from the rafter and at the ends, 

 for copper wires to pass through. These four wires, with two 

 others close to the side of the rafter, and resting upon the rods, 

 will support two vine stems with their lateral bearing branches. 

 The projecting irons (c) are in the form of an inverted T, 

 having a hole at each extremity of the cross-bar, which is 

 6 in. long, for wire to pass through for the support of the 

 two shoots intended for the bearing wood of the ensuing year, 

 after which they will be raised to the upper wires. The lights 

 ((/), instead of sliding over each other, lie quite flat, exhibiting 

 an even surface ; and this is effected by a plate of copper laid 

 under the glass of the upper light, and extending about 

 2 in. over the top rail of the lower light, which is bevelled off* 

 for its reception. None of the lights need be made to open, in 

 consequence of the windows between the houses, and one at 

 each end of the pinery, which latter is never opened except in 

 the hottest v/eather. In the vinery all the uppermost lights 

 are made to pull up over the back wall about halfway, being 

 prevented from going farther by an iron stop placed at their 

 sides ; strips of wood about 4 in. broad may be screwed 



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