21G 
THE AMATEURS KITCHEN GARDEN. 
borne in mind, in order that the best may be made of 
materials ready at hand. Now for the diagrams. 
The first represents a section of a 
lean-to store-room designed specially 
for small gardens, or for those places 
where it cannot be sunk below the 
level. It is represented as being hid- 
den by shrubs and trees on both sides ; 
indeed, this would be necessary to ex- 
clude frost unless the walls were of 
unusual thickness. If thickly belted 
on both sides by evergreen shrubs, and 
the roots covered over during very 
severe weather with straw or fern, very 
little harm will come to tl: 
even if only a fourteen-inch 
at back and nine in front 
used ; and as a northern as] 
may be adopted for 
such a building, there 
are but a very few 
places but can furnish 
a back wall ready for 
such a purpose. In 
general construction 
these buildings are 
pretty much alike, 
that is to say, brick 
or stone walls and 
tiled roofs are es- 
sential, and as the 
different kinds of : 
roots should be 
kept separate, they 
should be placed 
on shelves, which 
should be of oak ; 
the shelves are 
shown upon the sections in each case 
where they are in use. The bottom 
shelf should be kept about three inches 
above the floor, otherwise it will soon rot ; potatoes may go 
LEAN-TO SHADED STOREHOUSE FOR ROOTS, ETC. 
