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through holes made in the earthen tiles with which 

 it should be covered, as is done in many stoves. As 

 climbing and other plants, such as passiflora, bigno- 

 nia, &c. are to be, or should be trained up the raf- 

 ters, and which should be planted inside the house ; 

 the parapet should be placed on pillars, (as the 

 Grape-house, described in Section I. of the Forcing 

 Garden), in order that their roots may have access 

 to a border made outside the house for their better 

 support. A narrow border, however, of about 

 eighteen inches, should be made inside the parapet; 

 in which these and other plants, such as double 

 flowering myrtles, the neater sorts of geraniums, the 

 Indian rose, fuchsia, Botany Bay plants, several 

 bulbs, and other dwarfy showy things, may be plant- 

 ed. 



This border takes place of the flues, as in the 

 Green-house described above: the walk or alley 

 may be of the same breadth, that is, thirty, or thir- 

 ty-six inches ; and, 



The space in the middle of the house, occupied 

 by the stage, becomes a pit for plants, such as oran- 

 ges, lemons, shaddocks, palms, myrtles, olives, and 

 many others; which pit should be laid dry and 

 comfortable below, and should be about two feet 

 deep under the level of the walk, or ground-level of 

 the house. It should be separated from the flue by 

 a retaining wall raised to the same height, and a 

 three inch cavity, in order that the heat may escape 

 by it from the flue, as observed above. A row of 

 small pillars should be built from the bottom of the 

 pit to its surface, on which the columns may fye 



