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



will be required to keep the narrow house to the same tem- 

 perature as the other. I shall state it at one-third, although 

 I might with safety say one half only is required, as I now 

 have had houses of both descriptions under my manage- 

 ment. The saving effected in the article of coal in a part of 

 the country, where it is scarce, and of course expensive, is of 

 vast importance to the owner; besides, the glass, from hav- 

 ing the sashes fixed, requires so little repair, that it has not 

 cost five shillings in sixteen years in the whole range of hot- 

 houses, consisting of three hundred feet. The lights from 

 their elvevation are not so liable to be injured by hail storms 

 as in the generality of houses, and from the mode by which 

 they are ventilated, it will be found that the wasps, which are 

 so very destructive, never get in to destroy or injure the 

 fruit, as they too often do in those houses where the sashes 

 are pulled down to give air. Besides the advantages which I 

 have already mentioned, a house of this description will be 

 found very convenient and economical for small families, 

 since the Grapes, from their situation, will be partially retar- 

 ded on the same Vine, those on the back wall coming in first, 

 those on the trellis next, and those on the front last, thereby 

 affording a regular succession. The house, however, may be 

 used for training Vines in the common way, if such should be 

 preferred. 



I remain, Sir, 



your very obedient servant, 



Scone Gardens, WlLLIAM BeATTIE. 



mh September, 1823. 



