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of Lanark, has furnished the following description of 

 a peachery, very successfully heated, in part, by fer- 

 raenting materials : — 



The peach-house is 45 feet long, and 13 feet six 

 inches wide ; the front of the house stands on pillars ; 

 the trees are planted inside of the house, 14 inches 

 from the front wall. There are two nine-inch courses 

 of freestone above the border, and a sash ; which, in- 

 cluding the top and bottom wall-plates of wood, makes 

 the whole height of the front four feet six inches. A 

 man can pass along the front, betwixt the trees and 

 the upright sash, to prune and dress them as far as 

 he can reach up. The trees are trained on a trellis 

 of wood ; this, at first, is three and a half feet distant 

 from the front sash ; after it passes the front sash, 

 the trellis is parallel to the sloping glass, two feet 

 three inches from the glass, and is continued thus to 

 the top of the house. There is only one flue, which, 

 coming from the back, at the east end of the house, 

 runs along the middle of the border to the opposite 

 end, and returns, entering into a chimney over the 

 fire. Between the flue and the back wall, is a pit 

 three feet deep, and four feet eight inches wide, which 

 is kept filled with dead leaves of trees, the steam of 

 which contributes much to the healthiness of the trees 

 within the house. The flue is raised 19 inches above 

 the border ; the return flue is contiguous to the pit, 

 being separated only by a partition of bricks on edge. 

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