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FRUIT-HOUSES. 



brought into the house by a pipe and 

 cock in the opening over the boiler t, for 

 watering the trees and supplying the 



boiler ; I is the flue for conveying the 

 smoke from the furnace through the party 

 wall behind to the chimney tops, which 



Fig. 414. 



are placed over the walls of the apart- 

 ments behind, instead of over the back 

 wall of the house, to prevent the smoke 

 and soot from discolouring the glass and 

 woodwork, as well as for warming and 

 keeping dry the rooms behind ; m is the 

 floor of stoke-hole ; n the floor of cellars 

 which are placed under all the rooms be- 

 hind ; o shoot for collecting the rain-water 

 from the roofs ; p level of broad gravel 

 walk; q level of border; r stair leading 

 to furnace ; s stair continued to cellars ; 

 t water-cock for supply ; u 4-inch wall 

 upon which the front sashes are set when 

 the vines are pruned and laid down to 

 rest. The roof is trellised with wire for 

 training the vines to. The front upright 

 sashes move in the 

 usual way for ventila- 

 tion, but we are at § 

 present introducing | 

 ventilating tubes in J^^^^^^^^^^ 

 the direction of the /a 

 dotted line, to be used in cold weather, 

 when it would be injurious to open the 



front sashes on account of the current of 

 cold air coming in immediate contact with 

 the stems and foliage of the vines. By the 

 latter expedient, now adopting, the cold air 

 is drawn into the pipe cavity, and becomes 

 warmed before rising to the plants. 



Malgwyn Castle vinery. — The following 

 description (section, fig. 415, and plan, 



Fig. 415. 



fig. 416) of a vinery, and thoroughly 

 drained and ventilated vine border, as 



