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where Fuel is plenty, becaufe there 

 the Expence will not be great after 

 the firft Building of the Walls. For 

 I would not propofe to have Cover- 

 ings of Glafs, excepting for a fmall 

 Proportion of the Walls ; the reft 

 may have Frames of Canvas, to fhut 

 over them, in the fame manner as the 

 GlafTes are contriv'd ; which will 

 fucceed very well,where properCare 

 is taken : for as there will not be 

 Occafion to cover thefe Trees until 

 the Latter-end of February, at which 

 time alfo the Fires muft be made ; 

 fo, before the Trees are in Flower, 

 the Weather may be frequently 

 warm enough to open the Covers 

 to admit Sun and Air to the Trees 

 in the Middle of the Day ; for if 

 jthefe Covers are kept too clofely 

 Ihut,- the Shoots of the Trees will 

 Idraw very weak, and their Leaves 

 will turn pale, for want of Light and 

 Air. And as the Delign of thefe 

 Contrivances is only to bring the 

 Trees five, or, at moft, fix, Weeks 

 earlier, than they would naturally 

 come againft common Walls, there 

 wiil be no Neceflity of making very 

 j large Fires, or keeping the Covers 

 I too clofely over the Trees. 



Inftead of Canvas for thefe Co- 

 vers, oiled Papers may be ufed;which 

 fhould be done in the manner di- 

 rected forraifmg Melons, by patt- 

 ing as many Sheets of Paper toge- 

 ther, as will fit the Frames on which 

 they are to be fix'd ; and when the 

 Pafte is dry, the Paper mould be 

 faften'd into the Frames, and then 

 •the Oil rubb'd over on the Outfide 

 with a Bru(h, which will foak thro* 

 the Paper ; and when the Paper is 

 dry, the Covers may be ufed. This 

 Paper will laftvery well oneSeafon, 

 and the Expence of repairing it will 

 not bs very great : wherefore thefe 

 are to be preferr'd to the Canvas, 

 becaufe all Sorts of Plants wiil thrive 



much better under them, than they 

 will under Canvas, or any other 

 clofe Covering, which will not ad- 

 mit the Light lb well thro' to the 

 Plants. 



The Frames defign'd for either 

 Canvas or Paper, may be made 

 much {lighter than thofe for Glafs ; 

 becaufe thefe, being very light, will 

 not require much Strength to fup- 

 portthem. And if thefe are well 

 painted, and every Year, when their 

 Ufe is over, carried into Shelter, 

 they will laft a long time ; for they 

 will not be wanted abroad longer 

 than four Months ; viz. from the 

 End of February to the End of May ; 

 for after this time the Fruit will not 

 require any Covering, the Trees be- 

 ing then full of Leave?; and the 

 young Shoots will by that time have 

 made fuch Progrefs, as to become a 

 good Defence for the Fruit: but 

 thefe Covers mould not be too fud- 

 denly taken away ; but by degrees 

 the Trees mould be enured to the 

 open Air ; otherwife the Change 

 will be too great, and may occafion 

 moft of the Fruit to fall off, efpeci- 

 ally if cold Nights mould follow. 



By this Method Gentlemen may 

 be fupplied with moft of the belt 

 Kinds of Fruit, in theNorthern Parts 

 of England ; where, without force 

 fuch Care, they can expect very lit- 

 tle good Fruit in their Gardens. 

 And as Coal is in great Plenty in 

 thofe Places, the Expence will be 

 very little ; therefore I am furprifed, 

 that moft cf the Gentlemen who 

 live in the North, do not put this 

 Method in Practice. That there 

 are fome few of thefe Walls built in 

 the North, is well known ; but then 

 they are chiefly defign'd to produce 

 a little e-irly Fruit, more for Curiofi- 

 ty than any renl Ufe : and thefe 

 Walls are, for the moft part, fo ill 

 contriv'd, that four times the Fuel is 

 expended, 



