. The book of the garden. Gardening. a bed of stable-yard manure, constantly kept refreshed in temperature by the addition of fresh, and the subtraction of decayed, dung. " The most perfect form of vinery on the Continent in general use may be understood by a reference to fig. 406. It is a house of variable dimensions, Fig. Fig. 407. case which came under our observation, is faulty in not being elevated clear of the ground. These flues usually make one or more turns (b) close to the back wall. Vines are planted within, and trained to the back wall against a trellis, and also in the
. The book of the garden. Gardening. a bed of stable-yard manure, constantly kept refreshed in temperature by the addition of fresh, and the subtraction of decayed, dung. " The most perfect form of vinery on the Continent in general use may be understood by a reference to fig. 406. It is a house of variable dimensions, Fig. Fig. 407. case which came under our observation, is faulty in not being elevated clear of the ground. These flues usually make one or more turns (b) close to the back wall. Vines are planted within, and trained to the back wall against a trellis, and also in the front, sometimes within, and at other times without, the house; and these are trained up the ;—Pract. Gard. p. 520. Fig. 407 is a variety of the same kind of struc- ture, heat- ed by the dung-bed a, in conjunc- tion with a flue (b) in front. Over this flue are placed boxes (c) in which let- tuces, mus- tard, cress, &c, are grown; and straw- berries or French beans on the shelf d, upon the back wall. The Danish vinery, fig. 408, is an early forcing vinery in very general use in 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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