36 THE CULTURE OF THE GRAPE. 



finish is of the most complete kind ; fifty or seventy-five 

 dollars might have been saved, if desired, in the labor 

 bestowed on the wood-work." 



FUENACE FOR HEATING TilE GEAPBET. 



In remarks on forcing, it has been intimated that the 

 simple furnace and flue are, at all times, a valuable aid 

 in the grapery. Tbey are of easy construction, and may 

 be made of these dimensions, and after this plan. 



The furnace should be sunk in the earth so that the 

 top of it may not be over ten or twelve inches above the 

 fioor of the house. It should be so placed, that the 

 whole of the heat may be given out in the grapery, the 

 door and end being in the furnace-room, so that the 

 smoke and dust from the fires may not injure the foliage 

 of the vines. The pit for the furnace should be about 

 four feet wide, and three or four feet deep,' and of conve- 

 nient length for working the fire. The furnace should be 

 two feet or two feet six inches wide, and about three feet 

 in length. The ground should be paved with stone or 

 brick for the foundation ; on this build the furnace, leav- 

 ing ten inches in height in the centre, and of the length 

 and width of the grate for the ash-hole. (See end view 

 of a greenhouse furnace.) Wow set the grate, which will 

 require about two and a half inches of space ; build up 

 the brick work, leaving a space for the fire of about 

 twelve or thirteen inches high by ten or twelve inches 

 wide, and two feet four inches deep on the inside. The 

 door should be of cast iron, and on a cast iron frame. 



