by the same boiler as c c, with stopcock The whole of this range to be on the 



placed at its connection with cc ; e early ridge-and-furrow principle, (vide fig. 22,) of 



vinery, of the same dimensions ; / early the same height at the back as at the front, 



peach-house, of the same dimensions ; which is to be 8 feet high from the floor 



g fig-house, of the same dimensions. to the under side of the gutters or valleys 



Fig. 22. 



— the ridges to rise 20 inches. The whole 

 of the front to be of glass, in frames 6 feet 

 6 inches wide, and resting on an ashlar 

 plinth 7 inches thick and 18 inches broad, 

 on which are to be battened down two 

 round iron rails, upon which the sashes 

 are to run : the sashes are to be provided 

 with concave castors of gun-barrel metal 

 in their bottom rail, to facilitate their 

 movement; their top rails moving in a 

 groove formed on the under side of the 

 wall plate, which is to rest on square 



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tubular columns, through which the rain 

 water descends. These sashes are also 

 made to pass each other, for the purpose 

 of ventilation during summer, and for 

 gaining access to the houses. 



The valleys or gutters are to be of cast- 

 iron, as shown by Plate VIII., and sup- 

 ported in the middle by a longitudinal 

 bar of iron, 4 inches deep by 2 inches in 

 breadth, which is itself supported by 

 ornamental tubular cast-iron columns, 

 4 inches in diameter : through these 



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