PEACH-HOUSE. 



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inside measure, need not do more than approach to four- 

 teen feet. It is obvious that in such a house the trees 



Fig. 39. 



nr^y. 



must enjoy an equable, and, frOm their proximity to the 

 glass, an advantageous degree of light. Besides, being 

 planted close to the front wall, they are not exposed to 

 have their roots stunted in passing under the flues, and 

 through the interior soil of the house, which, in spite of 

 every assiduity in watering and manuring, is apt to be- 

 come hard and impoverished. Further, it has been esti- 

 mated that, as far as roof ancl glass are concerned, four 

 or even five such houses may be erected at the same 

 expense as three of the common form. - 



In Holland, peaches are forced in pits resembling the 

 common hotbed or melon-pit of this country. The 

 trees are trained on a trellis-work- n^ar the glasg, and 

 the air is heated by the fermentation of stable-dung 

 linings. The method has been partially adopted in 

 this country, with, however, the use of hot water. 

 When garden architects shall cease to be anxious about 

 making all foreing-houses ornamental structures, this 

 will probably be the general form in which early and 

 tender peaches will be cultivated. 



