. An encyclopædia of gardening; . e was between five and six feet, so that a person had room to walk under to prune and manage thetrees. The door was made in the back wall, at the west end ; and at the east end a fire-place was madein the back wall, about three feet high, without a return. MPhail began to force in the middle of March,and ripened abundant crops of fruit in the month of July. 2671. As a suitablepeac/t-house, for earl!/forcing, we ?would suggest a length of forty feet, width eightfeet, and height twelve feet: the glass in two planes, each plane forming an angle with the perpendic
. An encyclopædia of gardening; . e was between five and six feet, so that a person had room to walk under to prune and manage thetrees. The door was made in the back wall, at the west end ; and at the east end a fire-place was madein the back wall, about three feet high, without a return. MPhail began to force in the middle of March,and ripened abundant crops of fruit in the month of July. 2671. As a suitablepeac/t-house, for earl!/forcing, we ?would suggest a length of forty feet, width eightfeet, and height twelve feet: the glass in two planes, each plane forming an angle with the perpendicularof fifteen degrees, and formed into sashes ( Jig. 448. a) hinged at their upper angles, and opening flue {d) entering the house at one end (c), passing under the front glass, and making two turns in theback wall; and the trellis {e, b) placed between the flue and back wall. Such a house will be easilymanaged, and, like the early vinery, may be covered by mats in front during the most severe nights ofwinter. 448. 2672. As a peach-house for a main crop, we would suggest a polyprosopic roof, withthe sashes (Jig. 449. a) opening on the principle of Venetian blinds ; the flue (tZ) may])ass round the house, and tlie trellis (c) be placed between the flue and front glass;both the flues and front glass may be supported on cast-iron props (e). The lengthu-iay be forty feet, breadth and height twelve feet. 449
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