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LXXXVIII. On the Cultivation of Figs, on the Back Wall* 

 of Vineries. By Joseph Sabine, Esq. F. R. S. $c. Secre- 

 tary. 



Read December 10, 1819. 



In the common method of cultivating Grapes under glass, 

 it may always be observed that the Vines trained to the back 

 wall of the house seldom yield either an abundant or well 

 flavoured crop : this is caused by the plants being too far 

 removed from the glass, and too much shaded by the Vines 

 trained under the rafters. I have always considered Fig 

 trees as better suited to the back wall in a Grape-house than 

 Vines, and have lately seen them succeed so well in the 

 garden of a friend in Norfolk, that I cannot better describe 

 the plan I recommend, than by detailing the practice I there 

 observed. 



The house I allude to is forty-four feet long, by twelve 

 feet and a half wide, in the clear ; the back wall is four- 

 teen, and the front wall rather more than four feet high; 

 there is no upright glass in front: the Vines are planted 

 on the outside, on a border raised against the front wall, 

 and are brought into the house under the wall plate ; the 

 flue is in front only, returning upon itself, the chimney being 

 over the fire place, which is at one end of the house, the 

 door being at the other end, so that there is no dip in the 

 flue; a paved walk goes along the house near the flue, 

 leav ing a border between the pavement and the back wall ; 



