32 THE CULTURE OF THE GRAPE. 



back roof, wLich is to decline at a proper pitch, should 

 be boarded, shingled, and plastered. Under the ridge- 

 pole must be the studs to support this, and these should 

 be twelve feet iu the clear between the ridge-pole and 

 the sill, and here should be a double partition of plaster 

 to separate the front of the house from the back. The 

 rafters and the ridge-pole must be finished with a cap- 

 ping board. There are to be two doors, one at each end, 

 two feet eight inches wide, of glass ; the ends are also 

 best of glass,* and the sashes should be permanently se- 

 cured. Gutters may be placed under the roof to lead 

 the raiir,vater wliere desired. Solid brick work may be 

 substituted for the support of the sills, leaving spaces six 

 inches e^Ti-are for the stems of the vines to be brought 

 througj. 'Die back wall may also be built of brick or 

 stone, but ib-.v ^\orlld be more costly constructed in this 



A liouC'C- built, as above described, on stone posts, in 

 the plainest manner, but of good materials and work- 

 manship, and well painted, would cost about eight dol- 

 lars per running foot. The heating apparatus would be 

 in addition ; also, the expense of preparing the border, 

 purchasing the vines, and the planting of them out. The 

 cost of the border, and of the heating apparatus, must 

 vary according to the natural soil, and the purposes to 

 which the house is to be put. Making a border twenty- 

 five or Ibirty feet wide, and three feet deep, is an expen- 

 sive work, and will vary from one to two dollars per foot. 

 The saiEs remark will hold true with the heating of the 



* Double -wiDdows, or shutters, should be used on tho ends, if the house 

 id ibr forcing. 



