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and on the Backfide, of the Stands, 

 on which the Plants are placed : and 

 on the other hand, if the Depth of 

 the Green-houfe is more than twenty- 

 four Feet, there muft be more Rows 

 of Plants placed to fill the Koufe, 

 than can with Conveniency be reach- 

 ed in Watering and Cleaning ; nor 

 are Houfes of too great Depth fo 

 proper for keeping of Plants, as 

 thole of moderate S'rze. 



The Windows in Front mould 

 extend from about one Foot and an 

 half above the Pavement, to within 

 the fame Diibnce of the Cieling, 

 which will admit of a Cornice round 

 the Bui. ding, over the Heads of the 

 Windows! As it is neceffary to have 

 thele Windows fo long, it will be 

 impoffible to make them in propor- 

 tion as to their Breadth ; for if in the 

 largeft Buildings the Sallies are more 

 than feven, or feven and an half 

 Feet broad, they will be fo heavy, 

 and troublefome to move up and 

 down, as to render it very difficult 

 for one Perfon to perform ; befides, 

 their Weight will occafton their foon 

 decaying. There is alfo another In- 

 convenience in having the Windows 

 too broad ; which is, that of fixing 

 proper Shutters to them, in fuch a 

 manner, as that they may fall back 

 clofe to the Piers, lb as not to be in- 

 commodious ; or, when open, to 

 obftrucl any Part of the Rays of 

 Light from reaching the Plants. The 

 Piers between thele Windows mould 

 be as narrow as poflible to fupport 

 the Building; for which Reafon I 

 !houki choole to have them of Stone, 

 or of hard well-burnt Bricks ; for if 

 they are built with fine-rubb'd Bricks, 

 thofe are generally fo foft, that the 

 Piers will require to be made thicker, 

 and the Building will not be fo fub- 

 ftantial; efpecially if you have any 

 Rooms over the Green- houfe: which 

 k what I woula always advife, as be- 



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ing of great Ufe tp keep the FrolJ 

 out in very hard Winters. If thefe 

 Piers are made of Stone, I wculd 

 advife them to be two Feet and an 

 half broad in Front, and doped oft 

 backward to about eighteen Inches ; 

 whereby the Rays of tne Sun will not 

 be taken oft or oburu&edby the Cor- 

 ners of the Piers; which would hap- 

 pen, if they were fquare: but if they 

 are built with Pricks, it will be pro- 

 per to make them three Feet broad 

 in Front, otherwife they will be too 

 weak to fupport the Building : thefe 

 I would alfo advife to be Hoped off 

 in the manner directed for the Stone. 



At the Back of the Green-houfe 

 there may be erecled an Houfe for 

 Tools, and many other Purpofes ; 

 which will be extremely ufeful, and 

 alfo prevent the Frolt from entering 

 the Houfe that Way ; fo that the 

 Wall between thefe need not be more 

 than two Bricks and an half inThick- 

 nefs ; whereas, were it quite expos'd 

 behind, it mould be at leaft three 

 Bricks in Thicknefs : and by this 

 Contrivance, if you are willing to 

 make an handfome Building, and to 

 have a noble Room over the Green- 

 houfe, you may extend the Room 

 over the Tool-houfe, and carry up 

 the Stair-cafe in the Back, fo as not 

 to be ieen in the Green-houfe ; and 

 hereby you may have a Room twen- 

 ty-five or thirty Feet in Width, and 

 of a proportionable Length: and 

 under this Stair-cafe there mould be 

 a private Door into the Green-houfe, 

 at which the Gardener may enter in 

 hard frofty Weather, when it will 

 not be fafe to open any of the GlafTes 

 in the Front. The Floor of the 

 Green-noufe, which fhould be la ; J 

 either with Stone, or broad Tiles, 

 according to the Fancy of the Owner 

 (but if it is laid with Stone, the Bre- 

 men Squares are the beft, as being 

 porous ; fo will not detain the Moift 

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