APPENDIX. 



THE PEACH TEELLIS OE THOMAS WHI TE, 



HOUSE, ■WEATHEESEEELD, ESSEX. 



In the autumn of the year 1851, Mr. White, wliile 

 walking through the grounds here, happened to see my 

 small Ker's trellis with movable lights, and on his re- 

 turn home the idea occurred to him that it might be 

 enlarged, and the principle improved upon, so as to be 

 able to grow fruit enough for a large family. In the 

 autumn of that year, he accordingly built a trellis-house 

 of the following dimensions : — 



Length .... 



"Width (inside) . 



Height at back . 



Height at front . 



Kafters (fixed 20 inches apart) 



Trellis (15 inches from the glass) 



Sunken path in centre 



80 feet. 

 . 12 feet. 



8 feet. 

 14 inches. 

 14 feet long. 

 13 feet wide. 



2 feet deep. 



The front and back plates both rest on larch poles 

 about four or five feet apart ; a shutter, twelve inches 

 wide, on hinges, forms, with a slip of board, the front 

 wall. The back wall is made with long fagots of 

 brushwood — a double row ; the ends are boarded up, 

 and a door is at each end. Perhaps no gardening 

 structure was ever built so cheaply, and none ever pro- 



