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for the reception of a hot water pipe, which must be 

 fixed before the inner wall is completed, and should 

 be about 2 feet above the level of the floor of the pit. 

 The depth of the pit should be about 6 feet; the 

 front being a little higher than the ground level, and 

 the angle of the roof left to the builder's taste. He 

 also recommends a cavity, 2 feet wide at the bottom, 

 and 6 inches wide at top» to be formed round the pit, 

 about six inches deeper than the level of the interior, 

 to hold a lining, so that the hot water apparatus 

 might only be called into use during severe weather. 

 The bottom of the pit should be covered several inches 

 deep with rough stones, over which any common 

 slabs, or, in their absence, pieces of turf, may be 

 spread. This will prevent the tan, which is next to 

 be brought in to the depth of 18 inches, from falling 

 down amongst the stones. The compost in which 

 the plants are to be plunged should be about one foot 

 deep. The latter, when planted, should be just upon 

 the point of throwing up their fruit. The pit will be 

 sufficiently capacious to admit of four rows being 

 planted out in angles two feet apart. After the first 

 fruit has been cut, one or two of the best suckers 

 should be left, as low down as possible, on each stool ; 

 the old leaves should be trimmed off, and a few inches 

 of fresh compost should be added, so as to raise the 

 mould up to the base of the suckers. This treatment 

 might be continued annually; and as soon as the 



