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Show wa a epee GR GR thefe Windows fhould be as na row as po!- fible to fupport the Buildings for which Reafon, I fhould chufe to have them either of Stone, or offolid Oak: for if they are built with fine rubb’d Bricks, thofe are generally fo foft, that the Piers will require to be made thicker, otherwife the Building will be in danger offalling in a fhort Time, efpecially if you have any Rooms over the Green-boufe : which is what I would always advife, as being of great Ufe, to keep the Froft out in very hard Winters. If thefe Piers are made with Stone, I would have them about twenty Inches broad in Front, and flop’d off backward to about ten Inches broad, whereby the Rays, of the Sun will not be taken off or obftruéted by the Corners of the Piers; which it would be, if they were fquare. Andif they were made of folid Oak, eighteen Inches {quare would be ftrong enough to fupport the Buildin but thefe I would alfo advife to be flop’d off in the Manner direéted for the Stone. I fuppofe many People will be furpriz’d to fee me direét the making of Flues under a Green-houfe, which have been difus’d {fo long, and by moft People thought ofill Confequence ; as indeed they have often prov’d, when under the Directionofunfkilful Manager s, who have thought it neceflary, wheneverthe Weather was cold, to make Fires therein, But however injurious Flues have been under fuch Mifmanagement, yet when {kilfully manag’d, they are of very great Service: for tho’ perkiaps it may happen that there will be no Neceffity to make any Fires in ’em for two or three Years together, as when the Winters prove mild there will not, yet in very hard Winters they will be extremely ufeful to keep out the Froft ; which cannot be efiected any other Way, but with great Trouble and Difficulty. Within-fide of the Windows, in Front of the Green-bouje, you fheuld have good ftrong Shutters, which fhould be made with Hinges, to fold back, fo that they may fall back quite At the Back of the Green-houfe there may clofe to the Piers, that the Rays of the Sun be erected a Houfe for Tools, and many other may not be obftruéted thereby: Thefe ShutPurpofes, which will be extreme ufeful, and alfo prevent the Froft from entring the Houfe that Way; fo that the Wall between thefe need not be more than two Bricks in Thicknefs ; whereas if it were quite expos’dbehind, it fhould be two Bricks and an half, or three Bricks in Thicknefs: and by this Contrivance, if you are willing to make a handfome Building, and to have a noble Room over the Green-houfe, you. may make the Room to come over the Tool-houfe, and carry up the Stair-cafe in the Back, fo as not to be feen in the Green-houfe; and hereby you may have a Roomtwenty or twenty-two Feet in Width, and of a proportionable Length: and under this Stair-cafe there fhould be a private Door into the Green-houfe, at which the Gardener may enter in hard-frofty Weather, when it will not be fafe to open any of the Glaffes in the Front. The Floor of the Green-houje, whichfhould be laideither with Marble, Stone, or BroadTiles, according to the Fancy of the Owner, muft be rais’d two Feet above the Level of the Ground whereon the Houfe is plac’d, which, if in dry Ground, will be fufficient: but if the Situation be moift and fpringy, and thereby fubjeét to Damps, it thould be rais’d at leaft three Feet above the Surface: And under the Floor, about two Feet from the Front, I would advife a Flue of about ten Inches in width, and two Feet deep, to be c rry’d the whole Length of the Houfe, which maybe return’d along the Back-part, and be carry’d up in proper Funnels adjoining to the Tool-houfe, by which the Smoak may -pafs off. The Fire-place may be contriv’d at one End of the Houfe; and the Door at which the Fuel is put in, as alfo ters need not to be above an Inch thick, or little more, which, if made to join clofe, will be fufficient to keep out our common Froft; and when the Weather is fo cold as to endanger the freezing in the Houfe, it is but making a Fire in your Flue, whichwill effec- tually prevent ic: And without this Conve- niency it will be very troublefome, as I have often feen, where Perfons have been oblig’d to nail Mats before their Windows, orto ftuff the hollow Space between the Shutters and the Glafs with Straw; which when done, is commonly fuffer’d to-remain till the Froft goes aw. which, if it fhould continue very long, the keeping the Green-howfe fo clolely fhut up, will prove very injurious to the Plants: And as it frequently happens that we have an Hour or two of the Sun-fhine in the Middle of the Day, in continued Frofts, Which are of great Service to Plants, when they can enjoy the Rays thereof through the Glaffts, fo when there is nothing more to do than to open the Shutr which may be perform’d in a very fhort Time, and as foon fhut again when the Sunis clouded, the Plants may have the Benefit thereof whenever it appears ; whereas where there is fo much Trouble to uncover, and as much to cover again, it would take up the whole Time in uncovering and fhutting them up, and thereby the Advantage of the Sun’s Influence wouldbe loft. Befides, where there is fo much Trouble requit’d to keep out the Froft, it will be 2 great Chanceif jt be not neglected by the Gar- GK There are fome People who commonly make ufe of Pots fill’d with Charcoal to fet in their Green-houfe in very fevere Froits; but this is y dangerous to the Perfons who attend nefe Fires, and I have often knownfuch as have been almoft fuffocated therewith, aud at the fame time they are very injurious to the Plants; nor is the Trouble of tending upon thefe, fmallj and the many Hazards to which the Ufe of thefe Fires are liable, have juftly brought them into Difufe with all fkilful Perfons: And as the Contrivance of Flues, and the Charge ofthe Fires are but {mall, fo they are much to be preferr’d to any other Methodfor warming the Air of the dloufe. The Back-part of the Houfe fhould be laifte: ch Mortar, and white-wath’d; or with Wainfcot, fhould be painted white, uld the Ceiling, and every Part withinHoufe, for this reflects the Rays of a much greater Quantity than any ly in the Winter, when the Houte is muchclos’d, fo that but a fmall Share 1 f Li > ht is admitted thro the Windows ; C time I have obierv’d that in fome boufes which -have been painted Black, Tn this Gy boufe you fhould have Truffels, which may be mov’d out and in to the Houfe, upon which you fhould place Rows of Plan fo as to fix the Pots or Cubs of Plants in regular Rows one above another, whereby the Heads of the Plants maybe fo fituated as not srfere with each other : The loweit Row of Plants, which fhould be the forwardett towards the Windows, fhouldbe plac’dabout four i hat there may be a conveth left next the Glales to walk in Rows of Plants fhould rife uly from the firft, in fuch a manner, the Heads of the fecond Row fhould be ntirely advanc’d above the firit, the St-ms only bein g hid thereby: And at the Back-fide of the Houfe there fhould alfo be allow’d a space of at le ft five Feet, for the Convenicncy of watering the Plants, as alfo to admit of a Current of Air rouni em, that the *d by the Perfpiratiom of the he pent in better diffipated, which by too clofely, often occafions a on the tencer Shoots and Leaves ; loufe is clofe fhut up, this ftagV. r is often very deftruc~ or which Reafon alfo you them too clofe to each 1 you ever place Sedums, Thifti nd other tender dener; for if he be not as fond of preferving his Plants, and as much in love with ’em as his Matter, this Tabour will be thought too great by him; and if he does take the F the Ath-grate, may be contriv’d to open into to cover the Glaffés up with Mats, &. h the Tool-houfe, fo that it may. be quite hid not care to take them away again until from the Sight, and be Fuel maybe laid in the in the Dry ; and the fame Place, whereby it will be always ready for Ufe, GR Weather alters, fo that the Plants will be : _ during the whole Continuance of Froft, Which Increafe of Weight was Moitture imbib’d from the Air, 1g replete with the‘rancid Vapours 1 from the other Plants, eecafion’d the Leaves to grow pale, and in a fhort-Lime they decay’d and dropp’d otf which I have often obferv’d has*been the Cafe with mai } other fueculent Plants; when plae’d Houfes which were fill’d with in thofe ny Sorts of Ever-green Trees, that requir’d to be fre quently water’d, Therefore to avoidthe Incotivenie attends the placing of Plants of y ry dif t Natures in the fame Houfé, it will be very proper to have two Wings added to the main Green-houfe; which if plac’d in the Manr exprefs’d in the annex’d Plan, will gfe add to the Beauty of the Building, and alfo collect a greater Share of Heat. In this Plan the Green-boufe is plac’d exaétly fronting the South, and one ofthe Wingsfaces the Sout! Hatt, and the other the South-Wett 3 fo thar from the Time of the Sun’s firft Appearar upon any Part of the Building, until it g oif at Night, it isconftantly reflected from on Part to the other, and the cold Winds are kept off from the Front of the main Gr boufe hereby 3 and in the Area ofthis Pl. ; you may contrive to place many of the moft tender txotick Plants, whichwill bear to be expos’d in the Summer-feafon ; and in the Spring, before the Weather will permit you to fet out the Plants, the Beds and Borders of this Area may be full of Mnemon es, Ranun> culus’s, eatly Tu &c. which will be patt flowering, and the Rootsfit to take out of the Ground bythe Time you carry out the Plants, which will render this Place very agreeable during the Spring-feafon that the Flowers are blown; andhere you may walk and divert your felf in a fine Day, when, perhaps, the Air in moft other Parts of the Garden will be too cold for Perfons, not much us’d thereto, to také Pleafure in being out of the Houfe. In the Center ofthis Area; may be con triv’d ‘a {mall Bafon for Water, which will be very convenient for watering Plants, and very much add to the Beauty of the Place: befides, the Waterbeing thus fituated, will be foften’d by the Heat, which will be refleéted from the Glaffes upon it, whereby it will be render’d much better than raw cold Water for thefe tender Plants. The two Wings of the Building fhould be contriv’d fo as to maintain Plants of different Degrees of Hardinefs, which muft be tected by the Situation and Extent of the Fire-place; and the Manner ofconduéting the Flues; a particular Account of which will be exhibited under the Article of Stove: But I would heré obferve, that the Wing facing the South- Eaft, fhould always be preferr’d for the warmeft Stove, its Situation b @ fuch, as that the its firft Appearance in the Morning tly upon the Glaflés, which is of great Service in warming the Air of the Houfe, and adding Life to the Plants, after having been fhut up during the long Nights in the Winter-feafon. Fhefe Wings being, in the Draught annex’d, allow’d fi ty Feet in Length, may be divided in the Middle by Partitions of Glafs, with Glafs-doors to pafs from one to the other, and the Fire-place may be order’dfo as to |
