52 STRUCTURES ADAPTED TO PARTICULAR PURPOSES. 



department, without being annoyed with manure under foot. 

 Here, also, sheds and offices have been erected for the various 

 purposes of the establishment, and arranged with a due regard 

 to convenience and economization of labor in the operations 

 daily going on in this department of the garden. 



The position of the framing-ground should command a good 

 supply of water; either a natural stream should be brought 

 through it, or a plentiful supply kept in a large tank, as in the 

 plan, Fig. 13, and kept always full for immediate use, either by 

 means of a water-ram, or other forcing-power. Pipes should be 

 led from this large tank or reservoir into small tanks, one of 

 which should be in each house, to be kept at the same tempera- 

 ture of the atmosphere of the house in winter, for watering the 

 plants. These tanks should receive the water from the roof, 

 and be supplied from the reservoir, when that is exhausted. 



Fig. 13 is a ground plan and arrangement of frame-ground 

 designed by the author for a gentleman's garden. 



REFERENCE TO PLAN. 



a Orange house. 

 b b Vineries. 

 c c Vine-stoves for forcing in winter, the vines being grown 



in pots. 



d d Culinary stoves. 

 e Cold frames. 

 / Water tank. 

 g Open shed for soils. 

 h Seed room. 

 i Garden office. 

 j Miscellaneous store room. 

 k Potting room. 

 . I Store room for pots. 



m Tool house. 



n n Large beds, in which green-house plants are plunged in 

 ashes during summer, being covered, during the 

 heat of the day, with awnings fixed on rollers, 

 mounted on a slight frame-work. 

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