s 



o 



(, 



thereon above a fortnight in autuain, and about the 

 funic time in fpring, and during the other parts of 

 the year they will fall obliquely thereon ; and in fum- 

 mer, when the fun is high, the rays will not reach 

 above five or fix feet from the glalfes, for the proof 

 of this fee the article Sunt. Befides, the plants placed 

 toward the back part of the houfe, will not thrive in 

 the fummer feafon for want of air ■, whereas when 

 there are (loping glaflrs at the top, which run within 

 four feet of the back of the houfe, thefe, by being 

 drawn down in hot weather, will let in perpendicular 

 air to all the plants y and of how much fervice this is 

 to all forts of plants, every one who has had oppor- 

 tunity of obfei-ving the growth of plants in a Stove, 

 will eafily judge ; for when plants are placed under 

 cover of a cieling, they always turn themfelves toward 

 the air and light, and thereby grow crooked j and if 

 in order to preferve them ftrait, they are turned every 

 week, they will ncvcrthelefs grow weak, and look 

 pale and fickly ; for which reafons, I am fure, who- 

 ever has made trial of both forts of Stoves, will rea- 

 dily join with me to recommend the model of the 

 bark Stove for every purpofe. 



As to the farther contrivance of this Stove, it will be 

 neceflary to obferve the temper of the place, whether 

 the fituation be dry or wet; if it be dry, then the 

 floor need not be raifed above two feet above the le- 

 vel of the ground ; but if it be wet, it will be proper 

 to raife it three feet, efpecially if thefe flues are to 

 be carried under the floors for when they are erefled 

 clofe upon the furface of the ground, thefe will raife 

 a damp, which will prevent the flues drawing fo well 

 as when they are more elevated. The furnace of this 

 Stove muft be placed at one end of the houfe, ac- 

 cording to the directions before given. ■ This muft be 

 made according to the fuel intended to burn, which, 

 if for coals or wood, may be made according to tlie 

 com'mon method for coppers, but only much larger •, 

 becaufe, as the fire is to be continued in the night 

 chiefly, if there is not room to contain a proper quan- 

 tity of fuel, it will occafion a great deal of trouble 

 in attending upon the fire in the night, which fhould 

 be ;ivoided as much as poflible ; becaufc, whenever the 

 trouble is made very great or difficult, and the per- 

 fon who is intrufted with the care of it, has not a 

 very great afFeftion for the thing, and is v/ithal not 

 very careful, there will be great hazard of the fire 

 being hegleSled," 'which in aiittle time may be of 

 dangerous confequence to the plants; but^Jf the 

 fuel intended be turf, then the contrivance of tjie 

 furnace may be the fame as for the bark Stove'already 

 mentioned. The flues of this Stove, if they are car- 

 ried under the pavement, may be turned after the fol- 

 lowing manner, , . ..' 



< - 



' I 



_ 1 



which will caufe them to draw better than if fl:rait, and 

 by this method of difpofing them, they may be fo much 

 turned as to reach almoft from the back to the front 

 of the houfe. 



The depth of them fliould not be lefs than eighteen 

 inches, and the width nearly equal, which will pre- 

 vent their being choaked up with foot, as is often the 

 cafe when the flues are made too fmall. The fpaces 

 between the flues ftiould_be filled up eitlier with dry 

 brick rubbifh, lime, or land, from which there will 

 little moifture arife; and the flues fhould be clofely 

 plaiftered with loam both within and without, and the 

 upper part of them covered with a coarfe cloth under 

 the floor, to prevent the fmoke from getting into the 

 houfe. 



When the flue is carried from the furnace to the end 

 of the houfe, it may be returned in the back above 

 the floor twice in ftrait lines, which may be contrived 

 to appear like a ftep or two, by which means the 

 fmoke will be continued in the houfe until all its heat 

 is fpent, which will confcqucntly warm the air of the 

 houfe the better ; and the chimneys, through which 



S T O 



tlic fmoke is to pafs off, may be cither at both c:\is^ 

 or in the middle, carried up in the thickneis of the 

 brick work of the flues, fo as not to appear in fight 

 in the houfe. . The (lues fliould be firit covered with 

 broad tiles fixtecn inches long, and then a bed of 

 fand laid over them about two inches thick, upon 

 , which the other tiles fliould be laid tocorrefpond with 

 the rcfl: of the floor. This thicknefs of cover w^ill be 

 full enough to prevent the too fuddcn rife of the heat 

 from the flues, 



■ 

 ■ * 



But if the furnace is placed under the floor, the thick- 

 nefs of fand between the brick arch which covers ic 

 and the floor, fliould not be lefs than four or fix inches, 

 fo that the botrom of the furnace fliould be funk the 

 lower; and if from the fire-place to the end of the 

 houfe, the flues are laid a little rifing, it will caufe 

 them to draw the better ; but this rife muft be allow- 

 ed in the placing them lower under the floor next the 

 fire, becaufe the floor mufl; be laid perfeiflly level, 

 otherwife it will appear unfightly. 



In this Stove there fliould be a ftand or 

 fcaiTold erefled for placing ftielves above 

 each other, in the manner annexed, that 

 the plants may be difpofed above each 

 other, fo as to make a handfome appearance In the 

 houfe ; but thefe flielves fliould be made moveable, 

 fo as to be raifed or funk, according to the various 

 heights of the plants, otherwife it will be very trou- 

 blefomc to raife or fink every particular plant accord- 

 ing to their heights, or every year as they advance in 

 their growth. 



In placing the feet of this ftand you muft be careful 

 not to fet them too near the fire, nor direftly upon 

 the top of the flue, efpecially that end next th6 fire, 

 left by the conftant heat of the tiles the wood fliould 

 take fire, which cannot' be too much guarded againft ; 

 fince fuch an accident would go near to deftroy all the 

 plants, if the houfe elcaped being burnt. This ftand 

 or fcaflTold fliould be placed in the middle of the houfe, 

 leaving a paflTage about two feet and a half in the 

 front, and another of the fame width in the back, for 

 the more conveniently pafllng round the plants to wa- 

 ' ter them, and that the air may freely circulate about 

 them. In difpofing the plants, the tallell fliould be 

 placed backward, and the fmallcu in front, fo that 

 there will not be occafion for more than five or fix 

 flielves in height at moft ; but the fcaffbld fliould 

 „ be fo contrived, that there may be two flielves in^ 

 ^Ibreadth laid upon every rife whenever there may be 

 . occafion for it, which will fave a' "deal of trouble in 

 !^.dilpofing of the plants. ';:,.^^.':'^^.,' V . . 

 in the erciftion or thefe Stoves, it will be of great fer- 

 vice to join tliem all together with only glafs partitions 

 between them, as was before obferved : and where 

 feveral of thefe Stoves and green-houfes are required 

 in one gardeti, then it will be very proper to have the 

 grcen-houfe in the middle, and the Stoves at each end, 

 cither in the manner direfted in the plan of the green- 

 houfe exhibited in that article, or carried on in one 

 ftrait front, .'..,.-., 



* ' 



V V !^ 



By this contrivance in the ftruflure of thefe houfes, a 

 perfon may pafs from one to the other of them, 

 without going into the open air; which, befides the 

 pleafure to the owner, is alfo of great ufe, becaufe 

 there will be no occafion of making a back-way into 



each of them, which otherwife muft be, fince the 

 front glafi^es of the Stove fliould not be opened in cold 

 weather," if it can pofiibly be avoided on any account, 

 othcrv/ifc the cold air rufliing in, will greatly prejudice 



the very tender plants. 

 But befides the Stoves heredefcribed, add the grecn- 

 houfe, it will be very neceflary tohavea glafs-cafe or 

 two, wherever there are great cofleftion of plants. 

 Thefe maybe buikexaftly in the manner already de- 

 fcribcd for the Stoves, with upright glaflx^s in front, 

 and Hoping glafies over the top of them, v/hich 

 fliould run within four feet of the back of the houfe. 

 The height, depth, and other dimvnfions, fliould be 

 conformable to tliat of the Stoves, which v.'iil make a. 

 reoiularitv in the buildinfy. Thefe may be placed at 



j2 X the 



