4 'I'lic Gardi.ner's New Dirlctor. 



foon as it acquires its magnitude, being filled with undT- 

 gcfted matter, over which (in this ftate) the fun has not 

 any influence to meliorate. And as to circular or angu- 

 lar walls, when the wind beats on them, it is reverbe- 

 rated upon the trees in a colder ftate, this retards the 

 fruit ripening, fo that it becomes ill-tafted. I am fo far 

 convinced ct the ill eflects of thefe experiments, that I 

 would advife the building of pkin walls, either of brick 

 or ftone, or of ftone lined with brick, as they fhall moft 

 fuit the convenience and tafte of the proprietors. 



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DirecJions for building Walls for forcing Fruits. 



THE firl^ wall I would ere£l:, is that fronting the fouth. 

 This I would chufe to have forforcing Vines, which, 

 without artificial heat, will not ripen in this country, 

 and this I v/ould more particularly ufe for that purpofe, 

 in preference to any centre wall, as the flues and ovens 

 which are neceffary, will not have any appearance in the 

 garden, nor will it be incommoded by the fewel and aflies, 

 which {hould be avoided, where pleafure and tafte are 

 the chief objeQs to be regarded. 



In the middle of this wall a gate is to be erefted, 

 twenty feet wide, correfponding with the crofs walk, 

 io that on each fide of it there will be 150 feet of wall ; 

 and as I write for a grand defign, this plan may be fuited 

 to fmaller, in their refpcfiive proportions. In this defign, 

 300 feet of hot walling is intended, which fuppofes, that 

 looteet wiU be employed every year, whiKl the other 

 200 are at reft to recruit ; for continual forcing of 

 the fame fpace of wall will not anfwer ; as the trees 

 would become fickly and weak, and at length bear no 

 fruit ; but when allowed two years to reft, they re- 

 cover their former vigour, and bring plentiful crops of 

 good fruit. 



The foundation of thefe walls ftiould be four feet deep 

 in the ground, built of good lime and ftone, and three 

 feet broad at bottom, to be carried to the fame thick- 

 nefs to half a foot above the furface, in order to fup- 

 port the vacuity of the flues above, otherwife a lefs 



breadth 



