The fruits and fruit-trees of America; . nce of shelter, firing, etc., it is usualto have a hack shed, g, behind the back wall. In this shed may be a binfor wood or coals, and a sunk area (shown in the dotted lines aroundd,f)y with steps to descend to the furnace and ash-pit. There are twodoors, h, in the vinery at either end of the walk. * Heating by hot water is considered more successful in its results, becauseof enabling a more even and steady temperature to be maintained. The ex-pense is somewhat greater at first—but in the end, perhaps, most economical. f This furnace should be placed tw
The fruits and fruit-trees of America; . nce of shelter, firing, etc., it is usualto have a hack shed, g, behind the back wall. In this shed may be a binfor wood or coals, and a sunk area (shown in the dotted lines aroundd,f)y with steps to descend to the furnace and ash-pit. There are twodoors, h, in the vinery at either end of the walk. * Heating by hot water is considered more successful in its results, becauseof enabling a more even and steady temperature to be maintained. The ex-pense is somewhat greater at first—but in the end, perhaps, most economical. f This furnace should be placed two feet below the level of the flue at e, inorder to secure a draught, after which it may be carried quite level tiU it entersthe chimney. An air-chamber may be formed round it, with a register to admitheated air to the house when necessary. A furnace fourteen inohes sqaare anddeep, with an ash-pit below, in which anthracite coal is burned, will be found avery easy and perfect mode of heating a house of thif width, and thirty Plan and Section of a Vinery, with Fire-heat. 612 THE GRAPE. Tlie border should be thoioiighly prepared previously to planting Ihtvines, by excavating it two feet deep and filling it up with suitable com-post. This is best formed of one-half loamy turf, well rotted by huvingbeen ];)reviously laid up in heaps (or fresh and pure loamy soil fro<ii aiiold pasture or common^ ; one-third thoroughly fermented horse or cowmanure, which has lain in a turf-covered heap for three months; andone-third broken pieces of charcoal and old lime rubbish : the whr le tobe thoioughly mixed together before planting the vines. The vines themselves should always be planted in a border prep a,redinside of the house; and in order to give the rines that extent ol soilwhich is necessary for them, the best cultivators make an additionalborder, twelve or fourteen feet wide outside, in front of the vinery. Bybuilding the foundation of the front wall on piers, within a co
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