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tain the Warmth longer: this alfo 

 anfwers better in Theory than in 

 Practice ; for altho 1 it mull: be allow- 

 ed, that a black Wall is warmer to 

 the Touch than a common Brick- 

 wall, yet, as the Fruit generally is 

 fituated at a fmall Diftance from the 

 Wall, it receives no Benefit from the 

 Warmth of the Wall ; and it is the 

 reflected Heat which accelerates the 

 ripening of Fruit : therefore I would 

 advife every one to make fair Trials 

 of thefe Things, before they put 

 them in Practice, and not to take 

 upon Trull: what they may be told 

 'by Perfons who are too fanguine in 

 recommending to others Schemes 

 which they have adopted upon very 

 flight Principles, or perhaps upon a 

 fingle Trial : this Painting of the 

 Walls is recommended by the fame 

 Perfon who wrote upon inclining 

 Walls ; and he has propos'd this, up- 

 on the fame Principles ; but the in- 

 troducing of thefe Schemes mould 

 be avoided, until there have been 

 fufiicient Trials made, to warrant 

 their Ufe. 



Where Perfons are willing to be 

 at the Expence, in the building of 

 their Walls fubftantial, they will 

 find it anfwer much better than thofe 

 which are llightly built, not only in 

 their Duration, but alfo in their 

 Warmth : therefore a Wall two 

 Bricks thick will be found to an- 

 fwer better than one Brick and an 

 half: and if in the building of Gar- 

 den-walls they are grouted with foft 

 Morter, to fill and clofe all the 

 Joints, the Walls will be much 

 itronger, and the Air will not fo ea- 

 fily penetrate thro' the Walls, as it 

 does thro 1 thofe which are common- 

 ly built. 



According to the modern Tafte in 

 Gardening, there are very few Walls 

 built round Gardens ; which is cer- 

 tainly very .right, not enly with re- 



gard to the Pleafure of viewing the 

 neighbouring Country from the Gar- 

 den, but alfo in regard to the Ex- 

 pence, i. Of building thefe Walls : 

 2. If they are planted with Fruit, 

 as is frequently pra&ifed, to main- 

 tain them will be a conftant 

 Charge, without receiving much 

 Profit or Pleafure : for when there is 

 too much Walling planted with 

 Fruit-trees, they are feldom taken 

 much care of ; fo that the Quantity 

 of Fruit produe'd will be fmall, and 

 that ill-nouriuYd, and bad-tafted : 

 therefore the Quantity of Walling 

 mould be proportion'd to the Fruit 

 confumed in the Family: but as it 

 will be neceffary to inclofe the Kit- 

 chen-garden, for the Security of the 

 Garden -Huff, fo, if that be walled 

 round, it will contain as much Fruit 

 as will be wanted in the Family ; be- 

 caufe the Kitchen-garden is always 

 proportion'd to the Number of Per- 

 fons maintained: but if the Quantity 

 of Walling which furrounds the 

 Kitchen-garden mould be judged 

 too little for the Supply of Fruit, 

 there may be a crofs Wall built thro" 

 the Middle of the Kitchen- garden ; 

 or, where the Length of the Garden 

 will admit, there may . be two crofs 

 Walls built; but this muft not be 

 done where there is not room to 

 place the Walls at lead eighty Feet 

 afunder : and as the Kitchen-garden 

 fhould always be placed out of 

 Sight from the Houfe, the Walls 

 may be hid by Plantations of Trees 

 at fome little Diftance, which will 

 be of Ufe in Iheltering the Fruit. 



The beft Afpeft for Walls in 

 England is, to have one Point to the 

 Eaftward of the South ; for thefe will 

 enjoy the Benefit of the morning 

 Sun, and will be lefs expend to the 

 Weft and South-well Winds (which 

 are very injurio/js fo Fruits in Eng- 

 land) than thofe Walls which are 



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