S4 TIIE CULTUE3 OF THE GRAPE. 



house, which -would make some difference in the px- 

 pense. I have not included the vines, nor the wij-es for 

 the vines to be trained to." 



It will be noticed, that the cost of the back of the 

 house is saved in this instance. This would vary accord- 

 ing to the finish and kind of back used ; if of the cheap- 

 est kind, wood and shingles, and plastered on the inside, 

 with a small furnace room,*^ it might be built for seventy- 

 five dollars ; but, if a room for the furnace and for the 

 coal was made running the whole length of the grapery, 

 which would be proper in a cold climate, if the house 

 was to be used for forcing, the expense would be consid- 

 erably greater. 



The cost of a house of this kind, with the back wall, 

 would not be less than ten dollars the running foot, and 

 tMa would include every thing, the vines of common 

 kinds, and the wires or rods for the trellis. 



TIiG price of labor, in different places, would cause 

 Swiu-j variation in this sum, and a more extensive furnace 

 room or building on the rear would add from one to two 

 dcllars per foot to the cost, according to the kind of room 

 or wsil constructed. 



Ths following is an account of the cost of a small 

 giapery, on all sides of glass, with a brick foundation, 

 fiirr.IiSiied me by a gentleman of Salem : — 



" All the space which could be spared for the purpose 

 vraa Boventeen faquare feet. The house is seventeen feet 

 ia length by nine feet in width. The brick foundation is 

 eight inches thick, and two feet high, (with four hanging 

 windows in front, of three panes each, seven by nine 

 glass,) on which is placed a eill six inches deep. There 



