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and bottom with moss ; while 

 the vines, being taken down 

 from the rafters, are fastened 

 obliquely in the space between 

 the upright sashes in their new 

 position, and the old position 

 of these sashes. The advan- 

 tages of wintering the vines 

 grown in pineries are known to 

 every gardener. We have else- 

 where described the manner in whicli the vines grown on the 

 back wall, or under the glass roof, immediately over the back 

 passage, are wintered at Kensington, viz. by letting down the 

 upper sashes about 3 ft., and putting hot-bed lights and boards 

 along the top of the back wall of the pit, so as to form a par- 

 tition between it and the path, rendering this partition air- 

 tight by moss. It is of great importance, to construct houses 

 in which both pines and vines are to be grown, with a view to 

 these modes of wintering. Where houses ah-eady existing are 

 heated by smoke-flues, close to the front wall, the front sashes 

 and boards may be placed obliquely {fg. 75. c), from the 

 inner edge of the front wall to the 

 roof; or, what is preferable, hot- 

 water pipes and a 4-inch wall may 

 be substituted for the flue; the pipes 

 occupying less room than the flue 

 will allow space for the 4-in Wall. 

 {Jig- 75.) A great advantage of the 

 mode of construction by a 4-inch 

 wall between the flue and the front 

 wall is, that the vines may be planted within the house. An- 

 other advantage is, that the vines may be taken in to force, or 

 put out to winter, at pleasure, so as to have early, medium, 

 and late crops of grapes in the same house. We saw this 

 exemplified at Hagley and several other places. 



The second practice which we shall mention is that of hav- 

 ing two kinds of crops always in progress on the same ground. 

 For instance, peas are sown in double rows, at the width of 

 from 6 ft. to 12 ft. ; and several rows of tliflerent varieties of 

 the i3rassica flimih^ potatoes, spinach, &c., brought forward 

 between them. Potatoes are planted in wide rows, and the 

 .firassica family in rows between them. Asparagus, in like 

 manner, is grown in rows 6 ft. apart, on light rich soil, pre- 

 pared to the defith of 4 ft. ; and onions, turnips, strawberries, 

 and various other low-growing annual and perennial crops 

 between them. At Shardeloes we saw asparagus which had 



