430 APPENDIX. 



subject treated in detail in the Quarterly Jourtvil of Agriculture, vol. vii. 

 p. 445. According to the doctrine there laid down, the globules of meal. 

 or farinaceous matter of the roots and seeds of plants, lie closely com- 

 pacted together, within membranes so exquisitely thin and transparent' 

 that their texture is scarcely to be discerned with the most powerful mi- 

 croscope. Each farinaceous particle is, therefore, considered as envelop- 

 ed in a vesicle, which it is necessary to burst, in order to allow the solu- 

 ble or nutritious part to escape. This bursting is effected by boiling, 

 or other modes of cookery ; and also, to a certain extent, by the stomach, 

 when too much food is not taken at a time ; but it is also effected by 

 the heat and decomposition produced by fermentation ; and, hence, fer- 

 mented food, like food which has been cooked, is more easily digested 

 than uncooked or unfermented food. Plants are nourished by the ulti- 

 mate particles of manure in the same way that animals are nourished by 

 the ultimate particles of food ; and hence fermentation is as essential to 

 the dunghill as cookery is to food. The young gardener, as well as the 

 young farmer, may learn from this the vast importance of fermentation, 

 in preparing the food both for plants and animals. 



27, Furnace and boiler, for boiling dogs' meat, heating pitch, etc. ; placed 

 in this distant and concealed spot to prevent risk from fire when pitch or 

 tar is boiled ; and, when meat is boiled for dogs, to prevent the smell 

 from reaching the garden. The reason why it is found necessary to 

 have a boiler for tar is, that, most of the farm-buildings and garden- 

 offices being of wood, it is found conducive to their preservation occa- 

 sionally to coat them with tar heated to its boiling point 



28, Open shed for lumber. 



29, Dog-kennel ; adjoining which is a privy for the under gardeners. 



30, Hay-bam. 31, Lean-to for straw. 



32 32, Places for loaded hay-carts to unload, or to remain in when loaded 

 during the night, in order to be ready to cart to town or to market early 

 in the morning. 



33, House for lumber, wood, etc. 34, Duck-house. 



35 35, Houses for geese and turkeys. 



36, Open shed for carts and farm implements. 



37, Pond, surrounded by rockwork and quince trees. 



38, House for a spring-cart. 39, Coal-house for Mr. Pratt. 



40 40, Places for young chickens. 41, Yard to chicken-houses. 



