so THE CULTURE OF THE GRAPE. 



posite to each other at the ends ; they are of glx.s, and 

 are made like the upright saslies. 



The above is a description of the manner of bnild' ig 

 the ends and one side of the grapery ; the other h-i'.x is 

 made, in every respect, in the same way. 



The expense of building this house, including the p-e- 

 paration of the border, which is fifty feet wide, and t:ie 

 vines, some of which, being rare, cost high, was abr-it 

 $1,000. 



The following is a description of the manner of con- 

 structing a lean-to house with a room extending the 

 whole length of it on the back, or north side, to bs "r.?ed 

 for the furnace, or other purposes. (See cut.) 



The sill should be set on posts of stone, (both of ■•Tlv.rh 

 must be six inches square,) and to extend around on j-ll 

 sides of the house alike ; tlie posts should l-o i.hree or 

 four feet in the earth, and eight feet apart, and •'"e to;)s 

 of them eight to twelve inches above the 8uri'b'> v, i;o ker..p 

 the sill from rotting. On tljis should be naikvi ^ plar.x, 

 extending into the soil an inch or two. You iJiay make 

 the width of this house twelve or fourteen feet ; that is, 

 the part of it which is to be covered with glass, and the 

 back room from four to seven feet, as may. be wanted. 

 A partition which is to be luade here will require a sill 

 and posts, in the same manner as the other parts of the 

 building. 



The front plate should be four feet from the toj) of the 

 posts, and four inches thick by six inches wide ; the up- 

 right sashes, two feet four inches high, and about tbree 

 feet ten inches wide, and one and one fourth inches 

 thick, hung on the top with hinges, and made to open 



