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The contrivance of the furnace mud be according to 

 the fuel which is defigned to burn, but as turf is the 

 befl: firing for Stoves, where it can be had cheap, ma- 

 ny prefer it, becaufe it lafts longer than any other 

 fort of fuel, and fo requires lefs attendance, I fliall 

 defcribe a proper fort of furnace for that purpofe. 

 The whole of this furnace fhould be eretfted within 

 the houfe, which will be a great addition to the heat, 

 and the front-wall on the outfide of the fire-place, 

 next the fhed, fhould be three bricks thick, the better 

 to prevent the heat from coming out that way. The 

 door of the furnace, at which the fuel is put in, muft 

 be as fmall as conveniently may be to admit of the 

 fuel; and this door ihould be placed near the up- 

 per part of the furnace, and made to Ihut as clofe as 

 poflible, fo that there may be but little of the heat 

 pafs off through it. This furnace fhould be about 

 twenty inches deep, and fixteen inches fquare at bot- 

 tom, but may be floped off on every fide, fo as to be 

 two feet fquare at the top, and under this furnace 

 fhould be a place for the afhes to fall into, which 

 Ihould be about a foot deep, and as wide at the bot- 

 tom of the furnace ; this fhould alfo have an iron door 

 to fhut as clofe as pofTible, but juft over the afh hole, 

 above the bars which fupport the fuel, fhould be a 

 fquare hole about four or fix inches wide to let in air 

 to make the fire burn : this mufl alfo have an iron 

 frame, anc} a door to fhut clofe when the fire is per- 

 feftly lighted, which will make the fuel laft longer, 

 and the heat will be more moderate. 

 The top of this furnace fhould be nearly equal to 

 the top of the bark-bed, that the lowefl flue may be 

 above the fire, fo that there may be a greater draught 

 for the fmoke, and the furnace fhould be arched over 

 ■with bricks. The beft materials for this purpofe are 

 what the bricklayers call Windfor bricks, which fhould 

 be laid in loam of the falme kind as the bricks are made 

 with, which, when burnt by the fire, will cement the 

 w^oJe together, ^n^d become like one brick ; but you 

 ihould be very careful, whereyer the fire' is placed, 

 that It be not too near the bark-bed, for the heat of the 

 ^'■?. ^i^^j "^y "s long continuance, dry the bark, fo 

 that It will lofe its virtue, and be in danger of taking 

 Ere i to*^revent which, it will be the beft method to 

 continue a hollow, between the brick-work of the 

 fire and that of the pit, about four or five inches wide, 

 which will effeaually preveiit any damage arifing 

 from the heat 91 the fire ; nor fhould there be any 

 wood-work placed near the flues, or the fire-place, 

 becaufe the continual heat of the Stove may in time 

 dry it fo much as to caufe it to take fire, which 

 ihould be very carefully guarded againft. 

 The entrance into this Stove fhould be either from a 

 green-houfe, the dry Stove, or elfe through the fhed 

 where tfie fire is made, becaufe in cold weather the 

 front-glafles mnft horbb opened. " The in fide of the 

 houfe Ihould be clean "and white-wafhed,' becaufe the 

 whiter the back part of the houfe is, the better it will 



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tfxutters, or tarpaulins fixed 



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 getting through the gk 



and, to fecure them from 



being broken by flornis of hall,' and thefe outer co- 

 verings will be very ferviceable to keep out the frofl; 

 and if in very fevere cold there fs a tarpaulin hung be- 

 fore the upright glaflJes in the front, it will be of great 

 fcrvic-e tb the Stove, for then much lefs fire will pre- 

 fer^e a heat in the houfe. -I ^- ', 

 In the warmeflof thefe houfesor divifions' fhould be 



laced 



Bully-tree, 



Button-wood 

 does, 



Cabbage-tree, 

 Cocoa-tree, 

 Calabadi-tree, 

 Calfada, 



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Logwood, 



of Baiba- Macaw- tree, 



Maniee-trcc, 

 ManchinccKtrce, 

 Miniofi, or Scnfii 

 IMants, 



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Nickar-trec, or BonJuc, 

 Cherry-tree of Barbadoes, Palm-crees,ofTcvcnil lores 



Cocoa-nut-tree, 

 Cortex Winteranus 

 Cuflard-apple, 

 Date-tree, 

 Dumb Cane, 

 Fiddle-wood, 



Papaw-trcc, 

 Plaiitain-trce, 

 Plum-tree of Jam 

 iiog-plum, 



Sapotilla-tree, 



Santa Maria, 



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Fig-tree, the arched In- Sour Sop, 



dian. 



Sugar-Apple, 



Flower-fence of Barba- Sweet Sop, 



Tamarind-tree, 



Tulip-flower, or White- 

 wood. 



does, 



Fuftic-tree, 

 Ginger, 



Guaiacum, 



Thefe with mofl other forts of trees, fhrubs, and her- 

 baceous plants, which 



are natives of very warm 



countries, fhould be plunged in the bark-bed" for the 

 reafons already affigned, and over the flues may be a 

 conveniency made to fet the Melon Thifl:le, the ten- 

 der forts of Cereufes, and Euphorbiums, with other 

 very tender fuccuicnt plants, which require to be kept 

 dry in v/inter. 



As in this Stove arc placed the plants of the hottefl 

 parts of the Eafl and Welt-Indies, the heat Ihould be 

 kept up equal to that marked Anana upon the botani- 

 cal thermometers, and fhould never be fuflered to be 

 above eight or ten degrees cooler at mofl: ; nor fliculd 

 the fpirit be raifed above ten degrees higher in the 

 thermometer during the winter feafon, both which 

 extremes will be equally injurious to the plants. 

 ' But in or^er to judge more exadly of the temper of 

 the air in the Stove, the therrnorneter flaould be hung 

 at a good difliance from the fire ; nor fliould the tube 

 be expoled to the fun, but, on the contrary, as much 

 in fliade as poffible; becaufe^ whenever the fun fhines 

 upon the ball of the tliermometer but one finele 

 hour, it will raife the liquor irt the tube confideraWy, 

 when perhaps the air of the houfe is not near To 

 warm, which many times deceives thole who are not 

 aware of this. 



In the management of the plants placed in the bark- 

 bed, there muft: be a particular regard had to tl)e tem- 

 per of the bark, and the air of the houfe, that neither 

 be too violent ; as alfo to water them frequently, but 

 fparingly in cold weather, becaufe when they are in 

 continual warmth, which will caufe them to perfpire 

 freely, if they have not a proper fupply to anfwer 

 their difcharge, their leaves v^'ill decay, and foon fall 



off: 



As to the farther diredlions concerning the cul- 



ture of the particular plants, the reader is defired to 

 turp to their feveral articles, where they are difl:indlly 

 treated of. 



The other fort of Stove, which is commonly called 

 the dry Stove, as was before faid, may be either built 

 with upright and floping glafl^es at the top, in the fame 

 manner, and after the fame model of the' bark 



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Stove, which is the mofl convenient; or elfe the 

 front glafl^es, which fhould run from the floor of 

 the cieling, may be laid floping, to an angle of 

 45 degrees, the bettier to admit the rays of thtr 

 fun in fpring and autumn, when the iv.n declines. 

 The latter method has been chiefly followed by mofl: 

 perfons who have built thefe forts of Stoves, but where 

 I have had the contrivance of Stoves of this kind, I 

 have always built them after the model of the bark 



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Acajou, or CalheV 

 Ahouai, ' / 

 Allegator Pear, 

 AUfpice, or Pimento, 

 Arrow- root. 



Stove, with upright glaffes in front, and floping glafi'cs 

 over them, becaufe this will more eafilv admic che fun 

 at all the difierent fcafons ; for in fun:imer, when the 

 fun is high, the top glafles will adrnit the rays ro fliint? 

 Bafl:ard Cedar of Barba- 1 almofl all over the houfe, and in winter, when the 



Bananas, 





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Bafl:ard Locufl: of Barba- 

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fun is low, the front glafl^es will admit its rays ; 

 whereas, when the glaffes are laid to any declivity in 



one diredion, the rays of the fun will ngt fall diredly 



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