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gained by furnishing the back wall. In such hot- 

 house, as the subjoined plan represents, there is 

 a space of nine feet clear above the flue in the 

 back wall; the length of 1 the said wall being 

 (nearly) one hundred feet, there is, of course, a 

 space containing ahriost nine hundred square feet ; 

 and certainly' there is no part of a hot-house that 

 can be rendered useful, which should remain un- 

 occupied. A space, therefore, so considerable as 

 the above, undoubtedly merits our attention. 



Now, in order to furnish the back wall- let every 

 fourth or fifth Vine-plant be trained in one shoot 

 quite to the top of the rafter ; then direct the shoot 

 sideway, ten or twelve feet, along the top of the 

 back wall. At the winter's pruning, bring down 

 that part of the shoot perpendicularly, which, in 

 the preceding season, was, trained sideway, and 

 cut it off at one foot above the top of the flue. 

 The next spring, encourage only two shoots from 

 the two extreme or lowermost eyes of each shoot 

 so brought down, and train them in an horizontal 

 direction one foot above the top of the fluev These 

 shoots will, however, grow with greater readiness, 

 if they be trained upwards during the summer ; 

 and in such case they may easily 1 be brought to 

 the desired position at the next winter's pruning. 

 When the pruning is finished, and the shoots 

 brought down and fastened in their proper posi- 

 tion, they will form- against the back wall the 

 following figure, j^, viz. the figure of the letter T 

 reversed. 



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