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time you carry out the Plants; which, 

 will render this Place very agreeable 

 during the Spring-feafon that the 

 Flowers are blown ; and here you 

 may walk and divert yourfelf in a 

 fine Day, when, perhaps, the Air in 

 moft other Parrs of the Garden will 

 be too cold for Perfons not much 

 ufed thereto, to take Pleafure in be- 

 ing out of the Houfe. 



In the Centre of this Area may be 

 contrived a fmall Bafon for Water, 

 which will be very convenient for 

 watering of Plants, and add much 

 to the Beauty of the Place : befides, 

 the Water, being thus fituated, will 

 be foftened by the Heat which will 

 be reflected from the Glafies upon 

 it; whereby it will be rendered 

 much better than raw cold Water 

 for thefe tender Plants. 



The two Wings of the Building 

 {hould be contrived fo as to maintain 

 Plants of different Degrees of Hardi- 

 nefs ; which muft be effected by the 

 Situation and Extent of the Fire- 

 place, and the Manner of conduct- 

 ing the Flues ; a particular Account 

 of which will be exhibited under the 

 Article of Stoves. But I would here 

 obferve, that the Wing facing the 

 South-eaft fhould always be prefer- 

 red for the warmeft Stove; its Situa- 

 tion being fuch, as that the Sun, 

 upon its fir ft Appearance in the 

 Morning, mines directly upon the 

 Glaffes ; which is of great Service 

 in, warming the Air of the Houfe, 

 and adding Life to the Plants, after 

 having been (hut up during the long 

 Nights in the Winter-feafon. Thefe 

 Wings, being, in the Draught an- 

 nexed, allowed fixty Feet in Length, 

 may he divided in the Middle by 

 Partitions of Glafs, with Glafs- doors 

 to pals from one to the other. To. 

 each of thefe there mould be a Fire- 

 place, with Flues carried up againft 

 the Back-wa.U a through which the 



Smoke mould be made to pafe, aa 

 many times the Length of the Houfe, 

 as the Height will admit of the 

 Number of Flues : for the longer 

 the Smoke is in paffing, the more 

 Heat will be given to the Houfe, 

 with a lefs Quantity of Fuel: which 

 is an Article worth Confideration, 

 efpecially where Fuel is dear. By 

 this Contrivance, you may keep 

 fuch Plants as require tMe fame De- 

 gree cf Heat in one Part of the 

 Houfe, and thofe which will thrive 

 in a much Jefs Warmth in the other 

 Part ; but this will be more fully 

 explained under the Article of 

 Stoves. 



The other Wing of the Houfe, 

 facing the South-weft, may alfo be 

 divided in the fame manner, and 

 Flues carried through both Parts, 

 which may be ufed according to the 

 Seafons, or the particular Sorts of 

 Plants which are placed therein : fo 

 that here will be four Divifions in 

 the Wings, each of which may be 

 kept up to a different Degree of 

 Warmth ; which, together with the 

 Green-houfe, will be fufficient to 

 maintain Plants from all the feveral 

 Countries of the World ; and with- 

 out having thefe feveral Degrees of 

 Warmth, it will be impoftible to 

 preferve the various Kinds of Plants 

 from the feveral Parts of Africa and 

 America, which are annually intro- 

 duced into the Englijb Gardens: for 

 when Plants from very different 

 . Countries are placed in the fame 

 Houfe, fame are deftroyed for want 

 of Heat, while others are forced 

 and fpoiled by too much of it ; and 

 this is often the Cafe in many Places, 

 where there are large Collections of 

 Plants. 



In the building thefe Wings, if 

 there are not Sheds running bqhind 

 them, their whole Length, the Walls 

 ftiould be two Bricks and an half 



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