142 '^1 he Gardener's New Director. 

 them for the larger or fruiting {love ; and where a great 

 quantity of fruit is wanted, there may be one of thefe 

 frames at each end of the larger, for a more regular ap- 

 pearance. A plan of this ilove and nurfery-bed is given 

 in the copper-plate. The back wall of thefe iloves Ihuuld 



be 



packthread or rope-yarn on each fide of the arch, run- 

 ning from hoop to hoop, at the places marked e. e. e. c. 

 to keep the oiled paper from finking down with wet. 

 The length of each frame fhould not be much more than 

 ten feet, whicii will be fufficient length for covering 

 three plants, that being about the fize of a three-light 

 frame ; for it they are longer, they will be heavy and 

 troublefome to move ; therefore there fhould be as^ 

 many of thefe frames made, as may be neceffary for 

 covering the quantity of plants defired. Fig. 2. repre- 

 fents two lengths of thele frames joined ; G. fhews 

 the profile of the frame ; and H. reprefents the paper 

 turned back, that it may be feen how it is laid over the 

 frame. 



Fig. 3. reprefents the other fort of frame, which is 

 contrived like the roof of a houfe ; a (hews a feftion of 

 the bafe ; h b the two flopes ; c one of the fides which 

 is contrived to be raifed at any time to admit air to 

 the plants ; d fliews the place where this Ihuts down ; 

 and e the prop which fupports it. If in the making of 

 thefe frames every other light is made with hinges, fo as 

 to be raifed, and on the oppofite fide they are contrived 

 to rife alternately, it will be a very good method ; for 

 then air may be given at the fide contrary to the wind, 

 and in very warm weather, when the plants require a 

 largre fhare of air, they may all be raifed on both fides, 

 which will convey a thorough air to tl;e whole bed Fig. 

 4. fhews the plane of thefe frames, and fig. 5. the fame 

 ere6ied ; g reprefents the profile of it, and / the cover- 

 ing cf paper. This fort of irame may be made of pan- 

 tile laths, or of flips of deal of like dimenfions, becaufe 

 thev fhould not be too heavy; but the bafe of the frame 

 to V. hich they are fafi:ened, fhould be more fubflantial. 

 Some perfons, who have made trial of both, recom- 

 mend 



