. An encyclopædia of gardening; . by very thick walls, and entered by double and treble doors, sometimesplaced in angular or circuitous passages, and always with intervals of several feet betweenthem. Sometimes precautions are taken to carry off any water which may arise from apartial thaw, by forming gutters across the floor, and covering it with a grating of stronglattice-work, leading to a cess-pool in tlie passage, whence the water can be taken out byutensils without opening the inner door ; but very frequently full confidence is had inthe coolness of tlie situation, especially if the surr
. An encyclopædia of gardening; . by very thick walls, and entered by double and treble doors, sometimesplaced in angular or circuitous passages, and always with intervals of several feet betweenthem. Sometimes precautions are taken to carry off any water which may arise from apartial thaw, by forming gutters across the floor, and covering it with a grating of stronglattice-work, leading to a cess-pool in tlie passage, whence the water can be taken out byutensils without opening the inner door ; but very frequently full confidence is had inthe coolness of tlie situation, especially if the surrounding soil be dry. Wliere the sur-rounding soil is moist, a frame-work or cage of carpentry, grated at bottom, is con-structed in the cellar, so as to be from one to two feet apart from the floor, sides, androof, and in this the ice is as perfectly preserved as in a dry soil. (Cours, &c.; Bordlet/sEssays and Notes on Hvsbandry, Philadelphia, 1780.) Ice is kept in the cellars of con- Z 2 340 SCIENCE OF GARDENING. Part IL 289. fectioners, and also by some of the market-gardeners, in heaps, with a very thick coveringof straw or reeds. 1724. To keep ice in stacks or heaps in the open air,an elevated circular platform [Jig. 289. a) is raised ofearth ; on this the ice is piled up in a conic form duringa severe frost, and the addition of water enables thebuilder to form the cone very steep. On this conewheat-straw is laid a foot in thickness (6), over this astratum of faggot-wood or spray (c), and finally anotherthick stratum of thatch or long litter of any sort (rf).In this way ice will keep a year, care being taken toexpose it to the air as short time as possible in takingsupplies. 1725. The form of ice-houses commonly adopted atcountry-seats, both in Britain and in France, is gene-rally that of an inverted cone, or rather hens egg, withthe broad end uppermost, {fig. 290.) 1726. The proper situation for an ice-house is that of a dry spot of ground ; as, where-cver there is moistu
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