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tie expansion attending the freezing of water detained be- 
tween the laps by capillary attraction. As a farther pre- 
ventive, the interstices are sometimes filled with putty, and 
occasionally with laps of lead or copper. This effects a 
considerable saving of glass and of heat, but imposes on 
the gardener the duty of increased attention in preventing 
the stagnation ‘of air. The framework of hot-houses should 
be well coated with oil-paint ; white. lead of a stone color 
being preferred. 
In closing these seine remarks, it is proper to ob- 
serve that although the construction of a forcing-house is 
always a matter of considerable importance, it is not the 
only nor even the most important condition necessary to 
insure success. Much care in management, skill in prun- 
ing, and some knowledge of physiology, must be possessed 
and applied, in order to obtain abundant and regular crops 
of fine fruit. 
The more minute details respecting the structure of 
glazed houses, we shall notice along with the peculiar cul- 
ture required in each; and we shall take them in the fol- 
lowing order: The Vinery or Grape-house, the Peach- 
house, the Cherry-house, the Fig-house, the Pinery, the 
Orangery, and the Melonry. The green-house and other 
botanical structures will come more appropriately under 
review in treating of the Flower Garden. 
Tue Vinery. Structure.—The vinery is susceptible 
of a great variety of form; and, indeed, in this respect, 
seems more pliable than any other forcing-house. That 
form, however, which has been most commonly used, is the 
plane roof with sliding sashes; and such is the success with 
which it has been employed, and such its convenience for 
every purpose, that it is not probable it will soon be gene- 
