. An encyclopædia of gardening; . re approached by carriage-roads(a, a, a), and the sides by walks (/)• The hot-houses were partly in north and soutli 484 PRACTICE OF GARDENING. Part III. ranges, glass on all sides, for main crops of grapes and peaches (???, vi, k), and partlyplaced against walls (n, n), for more early forcing. The pine-pits and melonry(fi, I, k, n), and the compost-ground u), were within the walls, and approached bycarts by a subterraneous road from the concealed part of the orchard (s). The hot-houses, pits, and walls were heated by steam from a central tower {f), two ponds
. An encyclopædia of gardening; . re approached by carriage-roads(a, a, a), and the sides by walks (/)• The hot-houses were partly in north and soutli 484 PRACTICE OF GARDENING. Part III. ranges, glass on all sides, for main crops of grapes and peaches (???, vi, k), and partlyplaced against walls (n, n), for more early forcing. The pine-pits and melonry(fi, I, k, n), and the compost-ground u), were within the walls, and approached bycarts by a subterraneous road from the concealed part of the orchard (s). The hot-houses, pits, and walls were heated by steam from a central tower {f), two ponds (r, r)supplied water to a system of pipes, which distributed it over the open garden, and thehot-houses were supplied from a cistern under the glass roof of the tower (/): a roomfor eating fruit, or repose (d), occupied a situation which overlooked the whole. Themain entrance for the master and his friends was at the southern extremity [e), andthat for the head gardener and his operatives at the other end of the garden. (6) 430. This garden nriay be considered as composed for effect, as well as for use; and itmay be asserted, that the central range of hot-houses, when the grapes and peaches are Book I. CULTURE AND MANAGEMENT OF THE SOIL. 485 in full bearing, will, to the spectator within, present a vault of fruit and foliage, such aslias not hitherto been displayed in any British garden. 2544. The subject of cyder and perry orchards we consider as belonging more toagriculture than horticulture. (See Encyc of Agriculture, part iii.) Chap. IV. Of the general Cultivation and Management of a Kitchen-garden. 9515. The cultivation of a garden includes the performance of all those things that arerequisite, in order to a reasonable and prolific production of the various vegetables andfruits grown therein. By the management of a garden, is to be understood the keei)ingit in such order, as that it may not fail in those impressions of pleasure it is calculated toafford. A kitchen-garde
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