496 Description of a Vinery, and Mode of Training in it. 



iron handle (marked a on the section of the annexed plan) ; 

 there are also ventilators at the top, under each sash or light, 

 three feet by nine inches, which are moved by pullies at b. 

 and d. In consequence of this mode of ventilation, the 

 sashes are not required to be moveable, as in most houses, 

 but are made fast, and never taken off. To the above plan 

 of ventilating there may be some who will object, on account 

 of the glasses being permanently fixed, and not moveable 

 during the winter season, in order to ripen* the wood, as it 

 is termed ; from this, however, I have found no inconve- 

 nience, as I have never failed to have most excellent crops, 

 although the glasses have not been taken off since the houses 

 were erected. The front wall is built on arches, so that the 

 roots of the Vines, which are planted within the house, near 

 the front, have access to the front border. 



By the dimensions before stated, you will perceive that 

 the house is likewise very narrow, compared with most other 

 Vineries ; the intention in this was to have as small a body of 

 cold air to warm as possible, consistent with a given extent of 

 surface, whereon to train the Vines. To enlarge this surface 

 to the utmost, I have erected a trellis under each rafter (as 



middle of it, which turns and fastens on some upright pegs. I like the plan much, 



but it is expensive. 



* Not having a greenhouse at Scone, I have for the seven years kept the 

 Vineries full of plants all winter, or course excluding the frost ; I was told I 

 should spoil my Vines by so doing, but this has not been the case; for they have 

 borne most excellent crops, and I am now so satisfied by the results, that if the 

 lights were moveable I should not take them off in winter. So much damage ia 

 done to the flues when they are exposed to frost, that the prevention of the cost 

 of the repair of them; is an additional cause for retaining the glass on the houae 

 the whole year. 



