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Sept. be of the Safhes. They fhould-be hung in firm The Floor is beft laid with paving Tiles ; Sept. 
_——<= Grooves of feafoned Wood-work; and theirFrames | and the Roof fhould be flated: the Work all ——— 
mutt be felid and well jointed. ‘They mutt be | well done, and the Materials found and good. 
wrought fo as to move eafy, and to remain Mee ha 
very firm in their Places: no Wind fhould 
be able to fhake them: and they mutt be fe- 
cured by Sand Bags wherever the Air could get 
in. 
The Gardener muft have it in his Power 
There is.no 
Security in any Thicknefs of Walls when the 
Materials are loofe and fpungy, for the Froft 
will get through them. et 
As there will be Room under the Floor, it 
to let in Air in any Manner and Degree he 
pleafes, but it muft be thoroughly kept out, 
except when let in by his Choice. 
The Safhes being fecured, the Floor, Walls, 
and Roof muft be confidered in the fame 
careful Light; all muft be found, firm, and 
folid; and near the Back in the Wall of the 
"Weft End, there muft be made a very narrow 
Door-way, which fhould have a double Door, 
that the Gardener may let himfelf in when the 
Weather is fevere, without admitting in much 
Wind. | . 
The Walls muft not be built of the com- 
mon Place Bricks, but a Price allowed for | 
the good grey Stocks, and the Mortar muft 
be well wrought, and the Work well done. 
Two Bricks anda half ought to be the Thick- 
nefs of the Back Wall, and two Bricks that of 
the Ends. 3 | 
will be advifeable to carry a Flue quite thro? 
it with two Returns. The Fire Place thould 
be in one of thofe Sheds we have directed to 
be made behind, and that neareft the’ Weft 
ind will be beft; from this it fhould be 
carried to the Front, and along to the Eaft 
End, and thence to the Back again ; 
where Funnels muft be raifed to carry off 
the Smoak. | 
We have faid that it is very feldom there 
will be Occafion to make a Fire in thefe; 
and it fhould never be done except when 
j neceflary. | 
The Walls, and Floor, and Roof being 
conftruéted with the Care we direct, it will 
never be wanted in common Winters: but 
unlefs there be fuch a Provifion againft fuch 
as are very fevere, the greateft Part of the Plants 
may be loft. Pas BH a: 
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CHAP. I. 
Of fnifbing th GREENHOUSE. 
F-FALE double Door, which we have directed 
to be made for the Entrance into the 
Greenhoufe: at Times when it is not proper 
to open any of the Glafles in Front, mutt 
be made fo as to fhut perfectly clofe, and— 
turn eafy on the Hinges. And the Glaffes 
in Front muft have Shutters, in the Con- 
 ftruétion of which the Carpenter muft fhew | 
all his Skill. 
We have directed the Piers to be floped 
away on each Side inwards, and this will 
give on each Side of the Safh an oblique 
Space to receive the half of the Shutter. 
Let the Carpenter underftand, that the Corners 
of the Pier were cut off to prevent their in- 
terpofing, and fhading the Plants from the 
Sun; and let him take Care not to do tle 
fame Mifchief by the Edges of the Shutters, 
They muft be made to fold in a Compafs 
fomewhat narrower than the Flat of the Brick 
Work; and they muft be fo hinged as to fall 
clofe, and framed to prevent warping. They 
muft be fo made as to meet very clofe in 
Front, and no Cracks mutt be permitted be- 
tween the Pannels. 
The beft Way to know that they are fe- 
cure, is to fhut up the whole in a bright 
Day: where Light can get in, there Cold can 
come alfo; and there is no Way to be fe. 
cure, but by fhutting out that. 
This is an effential Point; for when the Shut- 
ters are contrived fo well as this, they will fave 
all farther Trouble of defending the Plants in 
common Weather in our Winters. | 
When it is worfe Recourfe muft be had to 
lighting up fome Candles in the Greenhoufe, 
while the Shutters are kept clofe; or if this 
does not anfwer the Purpofe, a Dutch Fire 
of a couple of Turf may be kept moul- 
dering without Smoak or any offenfive 
Confequence from Day to Day fo long as it 
continues. If this does not prove fufficient, 
the Flues will always anfwer. They thould ne- 
ver be made ufe of, but when thefe gentle Means 
are found ineffectual; and then no longer 
than the Continuance of the fevere Weather ; 
with this Regulation, and in this carefy] Ufe, 
the Flues will be of the greateft Service to 
the Greenhoufe; a Shilling’s-worth of Fuel 
will fave a. vaft deal of Labour, and anfwer. 
the Purpofe a great deal better; for there is 
no End of the Trouble of theltering with Mats; 
and when all is done the Defence is very im- 
perfect, and the Condition of the Air within 
is altogether uncertain: whereas in this Me- 
} thod, by actual Fire, ’tis fubjec&t to perfect 
Regulations ; 
