. The book of the garden. Gardening. 308 FRUIT-HOUSES. brought into the house by a pipe and cock in the opening over the boiler t, for watering the trees and supplying the boiler; I is the flue for conveying the smoke from the furnace through the party wall behind to the chimney tops, which Fig. are placed over the walls of the apart- ments behind, instead of over the back wall of the house, to prevent the smoke and soot from discolouring the glass and woodwork, as well as for warming and keeping dry the rooms behind; m is the floor of stoke-hole; n the floor of cellars which are placed
. The book of the garden. Gardening. 308 FRUIT-HOUSES. brought into the house by a pipe and cock in the opening over the boiler t, for watering the trees and supplying the boiler; I is the flue for conveying the smoke from the furnace through the party wall behind to the chimney tops, which Fig. are placed over the walls of the apart- ments behind, instead of over the back wall of the house, to prevent the smoke and soot from discolouring the glass and woodwork, as well as for warming and keeping dry the rooms behind; m is the floor of stoke-hole; n the floor of cellars which are placed under all the rooms be- hind ; o shoot for collecting the rain-water from the roofs; p level of broad gravel walk; q level of border; r stair leading to furnace; s stair continued to cellars; t water-cock for supply; u 4-inch wall upon which the front sashes are set when the vines are pruned and laid down to rest. The roof is trellised with wire for training the vines to. The front upright sashes move in the usual way for ventila- tion, but we are at § present introducing | ventilating tubes in J^^^^^^^^^^ the direction of the /a dotted line, to be used in cold weather, when it would be injurious to open the front sashes on account of the current of cold air coming in immediate contact with the stems and foliage of the vines. By the latter expedient, now adopting, the cold air is drawn into the pipe cavity, and becomes warmed before rising to the plants. Malgwyn Castle vinery.—The following description (section, fig. 415, and plan, Fig. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original McIntosh, Charles, 1794-1864. Edinburgh and London, W. Blackwood
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