V 



CONSTRUCTION OF VINERIES, 



A GREAT deal, no doubt, depends on the proper 

 construction of a vinery. I should, however, be 

 very much puzzled to give an opinion as to 

 which is the best aspect, or what the best form, in which 

 to build a vinery, inasmuch as I have been very success- 

 ful in growing vines in all aspects and in all kinds of 

 houses. It appears to me, therefore, that I cannot do better 

 than give a description of some of the houses I built at 

 the vineyard at Garston, near Liverpool. 



The diagram or section, fig. 1, is a span-roofed vinery, 

 65 ft. by 23 ft., which I planted on the 8th of June 

 1857 with black Hambro' vines, and two or three Tren- 

 tham black and Buckland Sweetwater, all of which have 

 succeeded admirably. Many of my friends can testify 

 to my having gained a great number of first prizes 

 for grapes gathered from the vines grown in this house. 

 I showed a bunch of black Hambro's at the Royal 

 Botanic Garden, Regent's Park, London, in 1865, perfectly 

 coloured, large in berry, and very compact, weighing 9£ 



lbs., for which I was awarded the highest prize the 



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