. The Cottage gardener. Gardening; Gardening. Front View. \\'indow in centre, 2 ft. 8 in. wide. Roof. Sliding window in the middle, 2 ft. 8 in. COST. £ The back brick Hogging, old stiift', antl plastering 0 .001) good old bricks, (al 3s. Cd. ^ huntlivd, for) „ wall j '^ Liiiie, sand, itu 0 117 feet of ileal, :i in. by IJ in.; or one and half] „ l'-2 in. deal, sawed, @ 5s J Thus: 'JB ft. for ijlate laid Hat in mortar; My ft. for frame of roof on cihjv ; IG ft. to hold windows in roof on edge ; 30 uprights, bad;, front, door, window ; 10 ft. across roof, under glass—from ' west to east, f
. The Cottage gardener. Gardening; Gardening. Front View. \\'indow in centre, 2 ft. 8 in. wide. Roof. Sliding window in the middle, 2 ft. 8 in. COST. £ The back brick Hogging, old stiift', antl plastering 0 .001) good old bricks, (al 3s. Cd. ^ huntlivd, for) „ wall j '^ Liiiie, sand, itu 0 117 feet of ileal, :i in. by IJ in.; or one and half] „ l'-2 in. deal, sawed, @ 5s J Thus: 'JB ft. for ijlate laid Hat in mortar; My ft. for frame of roof on cihjv ; IG ft. to hold windows in roof on edge ; 30 uprights, bad;, front, door, window ; 10 ft. across roof, under glass—from ' west to east, for strength. 117 201 feet of laths, rabbits included, H in. by :] in., (fli ^d. ^ ft '. 150 feet square glass, («; l^d. "^ squai'e foot Vutty. @ Id. ^ lb ". One deal, for door, ^ in. thick, for linings, ic I'aint Nails Hinges Carriage SiU of door s. d. 7 C 10 G (i 0 7 C 0 10 C 0 ]S c 0 i 0 0 5 0 II Vi 0 0 :l u () I II 0 5 0 II 'J 0 ill lu c THE FllUIT-GAEDEN. ORDER OF BUSINESS THROUGH THE WINTER. It will become our dutj' at this period to point out the best mode of economising time on this side Christmas : a period of the utmost importance to the fruit cultivator. The days are now getting very short, and, therefore, what we lose ill this way had better bo made up, in some degree, by an increased activity and energy of mind. We ]ieed scarcely observe, that the present is a most eligible season for jilanting; our maxim is, to plant fruits with the remains of tlio " sere and yellow leaf" on; nay, even to plant before such decline actually takes place, providing always that the wood is well ripened. " Aye ! " somebody may say, "whose wood is well ripened in the north, of such tender trees as the peach, &c., &c. ? " Whatever may be the case witli other folks, we can only say, that the wood of our trees—all on the shallow border and top-dressing system—is now as ripe as it well can be. (Jur friends in the south seem to wonde
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