i 3 6 AURICUL A. 
fame proportion ; thefe fhelves fhould be 
about fix inches wide, ftrong, and well 
fupported, otherwife the weight of the 
pots will caufe them to bend or give way. 
If the ftage confifts of four rows of 
{helves, its depth, from front to back, 
ought to be about two feet eight inches ; 
the north or front elevation of the ftage 
fhould not be lefs than feven feet, gra¬ 
dually Hoping to about five feet fix 
inches on the fouth-fide ; the roof fhould 
confift of frames of glafs. 
N. B. Thofe frames of glafs made ufe of 
on the fouth-fide of the winter repofitory, 
will anfwer extremely well for this pur- 
pofe ; but as they will not be wide enough 
to form the roof completely, without addi¬ 
tion, a fingle row of feather-edged boards 
may be placed on the low T eft part of the 
Hope, and the lower edge of the frames of 
glafs may reft upon them ; thefe boards 
q will 
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