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The annexed design, fig. 24, is that of 

 a kitchen garden existing in Ireland, 



which may be characterised as in the 

 convenient, although not in the syste- 

 matic style. The following references 

 to the figures will explain its details : 

 aaaa kitchen-garden quarters or divi- 

 sions ; c a basin of water, 50 feet in cir- 

 cumference, with a grass edging 3 feet 

 broad, and a tree planted opposite the 

 centre of each walk ; dd two peach- 

 houses, each 67 feet in length by 8 feet 

 in width; b a vinery for early forcing. 

 The peach-houses d d are not forced — the 

 climate being damp, they come in after 

 the forced peaches are over ; e e are forcing 

 peach-houses, each 41 feet by 8 ; // two 

 vineries, each 37 feet long by 14 feet in 

 breadth, for late grapes ; g greenhouse ; 

 h h vineries for early forcing, with pits 

 in them for pines, if desired ; i vine 

 border, 9 feet in width, the roots in which 

 are supposed to be warmed by the pine 



pits in front — and we have no doubt but 

 such is the case ; k k pine pits, 50 feet 

 long by 14 feet wide each ; I gardener's 

 house ; oooo pits for succession pines, 

 melon and cucumber pits, heated with 

 dung linings ; p stable ; q open sheds ; 

 r mushroom-house ; s potting shed ; t a 

 large open tank ; u pump ; w w straw- 

 berry quarters ; x fruit-room ; y room 

 for under gardeners ; z z approach to the 

 garden. 



This garden is well adapted to the 

 situation, and although very convenient, 

 is wanting in effect, from the way in which 

 the forcing-houses and pits are scattered 

 about. This has no doubt arisen here, as 

 in most other places where it occurs, from 

 the want of a properly digested plan of 

 operations to begin with; this showing 

 the great necessity of a regular plan being 

 determined upon when a garden is com- 

 menced. If all cannot be done at once, 

 part can, and the remainder may follow 

 in succession. We give it as an example 

 of what may be called a garden without 

 design. 



Fig. 25 exhibits a kitchen and fruit 

 garden in the mixed style ; the front, or 

 south wall, a a, is built hollow and heated 

 by smoke flues, the stoke-holes being 

 shown behind, as are also the walls at 

 each end of the range of hothouses. We 

 have introduced smoke flues in this case, 

 as some prefer them, on account of their 

 being heated in sections of short lengths, 

 with the purpose of giving a longer suc- 

 cession of crops. No doubt two hot- 

 water boilers and pipes would do all that 

 six fires do, as shown by the number of 

 stoke-holes in the present case — as the 

 pipes would be provided with stopcocks, 

 so that one portion might be heated 

 separately from the others ; only it would 

 be necessary to heat that division nearest 

 the boiler first, and so on towards the 

 ends, so that, while heat is communicated 

 to the extreme ends, the divisions nearest 

 the boiler must be heated also. This is 

 the only argument that can be used in 

 favour of smoke-flued walls — viz., that 

 any one or more divisions may be heated 

 while others remain cool ; while, to accom- 

 plish this with boilers and hot water, it 

 would be necessary to employ a separate 

 boiler to every two divisions, with stop- 

 cocks to heat either the one or the other 

 as might be desired : for that reason we 



