64 Design for combining all the Forcing-houses, S^x., 



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Transverse Section through (he Tool-sked, Pine Stoves, Green-house, Nursing Pine Stove, Pit, S[C. 



surface of the glass ; therefore, a roof elevated to an angle equal 

 to the latitude of the locality will be found the best receiver of 

 solar light and heat. 



Peaches require a comparatively low temperature, much light, 

 and a free circulation of air ; therefore, a span-roofed house, 

 running north and south, the length of which is to its breadth as 

 3 to 2, and the diagonal ends of which are elevated to the same 

 angle as the sides, will be found the most satisfactory for the 

 growth of the peach ; the equilibrium of temperature being 

 more easily preserved, since the surface exposed to vertical 

 action will recede and increase in the inverse ratio of the supply, 

 in the same manner as the director of a windmill exposes less 

 canvass to the gale than to the gentle breeze. 



Flowering plants are beautiful, and admired by every one; 

 but flower-pots are a necessary encumbrance by no means orna- 

 mental ; therefore, they ought to be hidden from the guests, and 

 exposed only to the gardeners. 



The kitchen and bed-room for young gardeners, in this design, 

 will have no loft over, and but one window, 3i ft. broad by 2 ft. 

 high, in each : the kitchen will be paved with stone, and fur- 

 nished with an efficient fire-grate and appendages, a lock-up 

 cupboard, a table, and two stout chairs. The bed-room will 

 have a wooden floor, 1 ft. higher than the kitchen, and will con- 

 tain an iron bedstead, a curtained bookcase, and a small table. 



The fruit-room is to have a ventilator in the top, and a win- 

 dow in front with a wire-cloth screen, a wooden floor, and a 

 small charcoal stove; and to be fitted up with two tiers of 

 shelves, 18 in. apart, leaving a walk in the middle 4 ft. wide. 



The tool-shed is to be fitted up with a rack, in which all long- 

 handled tools will be placed, with the handles inwards, so that 

 they can be selected from and inspected at a glance; and a few 

 large drawers, in which small tools, such as hammers, &c., will 

 be kept; and, for the comfort and convenience of all parties, 

 every thing should be regularly cleaned and laid up : this, also, 

 will have a window in the front, and a loft over. 



The potting-shed will be paved with stone; and will contain 

 a table 9 ft. long, 2 ft. 9 in. broad, and 2 ft. 6 in. high : it is to 

 have a window in front, and a loft over. 



