. The book of the garden. Gardening. Fig. 723. d c top. Great care must be taken that this post be per- fectly perpen- dicular, for if \ .* * it be not, the •. " y" . • whole building * • ? . •' will be awry. b b b are 28 posts, 9 feet high, and 6 inches through at the bottom, without much tapering towards the top. These posts stand about 2 feet apart, reckoning from centre to centre—which leaves between each two a space of 18 inches; c c c c are 38 posts, 5 feet high and 5 inches through at the bottom, without much tapering towards the top. These posts stand about 2 feet apart, from
. The book of the garden. Gardening. Fig. 723. d c top. Great care must be taken that this post be per- fectly perpen- dicular, for if \ .* * it be not, the •. " y" . • whole building * • ? . •' will be awry. b b b are 28 posts, 9 feet high, and 6 inches through at the bottom, without much tapering towards the top. These posts stand about 2 feet apart, reckoning from centre to centre—which leaves between each two a space of 18 inches; c c c c are 38 posts, 5 feet high and 5 inches through at the bottom, without much tapering towards the top. These posts stand about 2 feet apart, from centre to centre, which leaves between each two a space of 19 inches. The space between these two rows of posts is 4 feet in width, and, as will be presently seen, is to contain a wall of straw; e is a passage through this wall; d is the outside door of the passage; / is the inside door; and the inner circle, of which a is the centre, is the place in which the ice is to be ; The walls are to be formed between the posts, of clean wheat or rye straw, laid closely and smoothly. Plates of wood are to be laid on the top of the two rows of posts for receiving the rafters of the roof. The roof should not be at a lower angle than 45°, and should be covered with strong laths, to which the roof thatch is to be secured. This thatch is to be of wheat or rye straw, and 4 feet thick. The bed for the ice to be laid upon is recom- mended to be formed by laying round logs, about 8 inches in diameter, across the area, leaving spaces between them of about a foot. Over these, poles, about half the size of the last, are to be laid across in an opposite direction, and 6 inches apart; over these a third course, 2 inches diameter, and 3 inches apart; upon these, again, a course of still smaller rods 1 inch apart; and, finally, upon these 2 inches of dry twigs and branches, or strong heath free of moss or grass. Upon this bed the ice is put, broken and pummelled and beaten do
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