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FRUIT-HOUSES. 



as an example, because the general details 

 are good. The dimensions are 40 feet 

 long, and 15 feet 3 inches wide. 



Reference to plan and section : " a, floor 

 line of mushroom house; b, surface of 

 sunk bed ; c, iron grating, forming a 

 platform for plants ; d, area in which the 

 vines are laid when at rest ; e, hot-water 

 pipes; /, front path; g, sunk area; o, 

 boiler in ground plan." — United Gard* 

 Jour. 



The same intelligent artist is the de- 

 signer of figs. 419 and 420, which repre- 



Fig. 419. 



and secured from the action of the heated 

 atmosphere by a slight covering." We 

 presume that the tanks in the heated 

 chamber are to be used only while the 

 vines in the border a are in a growing 

 state, and that the late crops are to be 

 brought forward by the heat from the 

 pipes in front of the house, which will 

 also counteract the effects of damp, and 

 prolong their keeping. Were it not that 

 the culture of vines in pots requires con- 

 siderable skill and labour, we would have 

 thought it a more judicious mode to 

 have grown the early crops in that way, 

 than planted out over a heated vault. 

 In the case of pot-culture, the vines 

 could be removed entirely from the 

 house while the late ones were brought 

 to perfection. The dimensions of this 

 house are precisely the same as the last. 

 c, heated chamber ; d, floor line of back 

 sheds ; e, floor line of cellars ; g, stoke- 

 hole in ground-plan ; k, boiler. The 

 pipes in the chamber c are laid in a 

 trough of water, or left dry, as moist or 

 dry heat is required. 



The annexed section (fig. 421) of a 

 vinery for growing vines in pots, was 

 designed for a gentleman in Scotland, 

 who wished an economical house for this 

 purpose. The section shows the position 

 of the vines in pots placed over the flues, 

 but elevated from them by a brick or 

 two, according to the heat kept up in 

 them. The vines are trained in the 



Fig. 421 



sent a vinery calculated to yield a suc- 

 cession in the ripening of grapes, and 

 therefore well adapted for an amateur, 

 or for a villa residence. 



" The vines planted at a may be 

 stimulated to action at a considerably 

 earlier period than those planted at b ; 

 and the latter may be much retarded if usual manner under the glass roof; and 

 untied from the wires and laid down, some are also set on the floor, to be 



