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garden, is for the convenience of having sheds at the back for com- 

 posts, garden implements, &c. Near this spot it is also convenient 

 to have the melon-ground, for forcing in pits and frames, especially 

 as many of the succession crops are grown here : this department 

 should not be distant from the fruiting-houses. (See Plate 2.) 



It does not come within the province of this work to enter into 

 details upon the construction of Hothouses ; and as there are books 

 upon that subject, it may not be necessary to do more here than to 

 notice their situations. 



