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the end of tiic ranac on each hand beyond the Stoves \^ 

 and it there be a^tVue canied along round eacli ot 

 thefe, with an oven to make a fire in very cold v^ra- 

 ther, it will ilive a great deal of labour, and prevent 

 the froll from ever entering the houfe, be the winter 

 ever fo fevere; but the upper glailes of thefe houfes 

 fhould have either fliucrers of wood, or tarpaulins in 

 frames to cover them in frofty weather ; and if there 

 is a contrivance to cover the upright glaffes in froll,^ 

 either with mats, fhuiters, or tarpaulins, it will be ot 

 oreat ufe inwinter,otherwife the flue muftbeufcd when 

 The frofl; comes on, which fhould only be done upon 

 extraordinary occafions ; becaufe the defign of thefe 

 houfes is, to keep fuch plants as require only to be 

 preferved from froft, and need no additional warmth \ 

 but at the fame time, require more air than can con- 

 veniently be given them in a green-houfe. In one of 

 thefe houfes may be placed all the forts of Ficoides, 

 African Sedums, Cotyledons, and other fucculent 

 plants from the Cape of Good Hope. In the other 

 may be placed the feveral kinds of Arftotis, Ofteo- 

 fpermum, Royena, Lotus, and other woody or her- 

 baceous plants from the fame country, or any other 



in the fame latitude. 



Thus by contriving the green-houfe in the middle, 

 and one Stove and a glafs-cafe at each end, there 

 will be a conveniency to keep plants from all the dif- 

 ferent parts of the world, which can be no otherwife 

 maintained but by placing them in different degrees 

 of heat, according to the places of their native growth. 

 The Stoves before defcribed are fuch as are ufually 

 built to maintain exotic plant, which will not live in 

 England, unlefs they enjoy a temperature of air, ap- 

 proaching to that of the feveral countries from whence 

 they are brought ; therefore, whoever is inclinable to 

 preferve a large colleftion of plants from different 

 countries, muil contrive to have two or three of thefe 

 Stoves, each of which Ihould be kept in a different 

 temperature of warmth ; and the plants fhould be al- 

 fo adapted to the feveral degrees of heat, as they fhall 

 require to preferve them ; but for the better informa- 

 tion of thofe perfons who are not converfant in this 

 bufinefs, there is a lift oi plants added by way of ap- 

 pendix to this ; iri which the plants are ranged accord- 

 ing to the different degrees of heat which they re- 

 * qmre to be preferved in ^his country,^to which the 

 reader is defired to turn for his further information : 

 and as the far greatefl number of Stoves which have 

 been erefted in England, are defigned for the culture 

 of the Ananas only, fo I fhall add a defcription and 

 plans of two forts of Stoves, of the leafl expence in 

 building for this purpofe •, fo that whoever is inclina- 

 ble to ereft a Stove for ripening of the Ananas, may, 

 by attending to the plans and defcriptions, direft the 

 -■ building and contriving fuch Stoves as they are defirous 

 to have, or according to the number of fruit propofed 

 ■ to be ripened annually. 

 The firft fort of Stove is that which is defigned for 

 the plants, which produce the fruit the fame year ; 

 .for as the plants do not generally fruit until the fecond 

 •year from their being taken from the old plants, 

 ' whether they are fuckers from the fide of the plants 

 ' or crowns taken from the fruit, if they fruit the fuc- 



- ceeding year, the fruit will be fmall -, therefore when 

 ^ they are properly managed, they will not produce 



their fruit until" the fecond year, by which dme 



- they will have obtained ftrength to produce large 

 ' fruit, in which their greatefl value confifts ; for al- 

 though there are feveral varieties of this fruit, which 

 differ in degrees of goodnefs, as in mod other fruits, 



'yet they may all of them be improVed in their fizc, 

 "without diminiftiing of their excellence in taile ; tho' 

 'I know thei^ are feme perfonn of a contrary opinion, 

 and who believe that the fmall fruit are always better 

 ' flavoured than the large ; but from long experience I 

 can aflert, that the larger and better nourifhed this 

 fruit is, the higher will be its flavour, fuppofing the 

 forts are the fame ; therefore every perfon who culti- 

 vates this fruit, fhould endeavour to have it improv- 

 ed to the greateft perfedion \ in order to which it will 





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be proper to have a fmall Stove, in v/hich the wy.w..^ 

 plants may be placed to brin^ them forward fn-frinc- 

 ing*, and the following autumn they fliould b'.- reniov- 

 ed into the larger Stove for ripening : but I Ihall re- 

 turn to the defcription of the larger Srove. The 

 length of this mu[l be proportionable to tlie quantity 

 of fruit defircd in one leafon, for as to t!:cir widtii, 

 that fhould not be much varied; the tan-bed fnould 

 never be narrow^er than fix, nor fliould it be more than 

 feven feet wide \ for when it is more, there will be 

 difficuly in reaching thofe plants which are in the mid- 

 dle of the bed, to water or clean them \ and if there 

 is room enough on each fide of the bed for a walk a 

 foot and a half broad, it will be fufficient for perfons 

 to water and do every thing which is necefiary to the 

 plants \ and as thefe places are not defigned for walk- 

 ing in, fo it is to no purpofe to have broad walks, 

 which will take up too much fpace ; and the fires 

 mud be larger, in proportion to the fpace of the houfe, 

 otherwife the air cannot be kept in a proper tempera- 

 ture of warmth. If the Stove is made thirty-fix feet 

 lono- in the clear, then the tan-bed may be thirty-three 

 feet long, and a walk left at each end a foot and a 

 half wide, which v>^ill be fufiicient to v/alk round the 

 bed to water and attend the plants :, and fuch a tan- 

 bed will containeighty fruiting plants very well if the 

 bed is {tvtn feet wide, and this ftove may be very 

 well warmed with one fire \ but if the Stove is built 



■ much larger, there muft be two fire-places contrived^ 

 one at each end, otherv/ife the air of the houfe cannot 

 be kept in a proper temperature of heat. The quan- 

 tity of fuel vvdiich v/ill be wanting for a Stove of thir- 

 ty-fix feet long in the clear, is about three chaldron 

 and a half of coals, or in fuch proportion for any 

 other fort of fuel ; when coals can be had reaibnable, 

 it is the bell kind of fuel •, and the pit or Scotch coal 

 is preferable to the Newcaftle coal, becaufe the latter 

 is very fubjeft to melt or run into clinkers when the 

 oven is very hot, which the pit coal never does, but 

 always burns away with a white afh, making but little 



foot ; fo that the flues will not require to be fo often 

 cleaned, as when the other coal is ufed. The next 

 beft fuel for Stoves is peat, where \x. can be procured 

 good, but thefcent of this fuel is difagreeable to ma- 



■ ny people. ' There are fome perfons who burn wood 

 in their Stoves, but this fuel requires much greater 

 attendance than any other, therefore is not very 

 proper for this purpofe ; but in the building of the 

 Stoves, the ovens muft be contrived for the fort of fuel 

 which is to be ufed in them ; but thefe will be after- 

 ward defcribed, and the places where they fhould be 

 fituated, are delineated in the plan. 



The Stoves defigned for ripening the fruit of the 

 Ananas fhould have upright glaffes in their front, 

 which fhould be high enough to admit a perflon to 

 walk upright under them on the walk in the front 

 of the houfe ; or where this cannot be admitted, the 

 front walk may be funk one foot lower than that on 

 the back of the tan-bed, fo that the furface of the 

 bed will be a foot above the walk, which will be rather 

 an advantage, as the plants will be^ fo much nearer 

 the glafs ; and a perfon may with great eafe water and 

 attend the plants when they are thusraifed above the 

 walk ; therefore, when a Stove is fo fituated, as that 

 the raifing of it high above ground might be attend- 

 ed with inconvenience, the walks quite round the tan- 

 bed may be funk a foot or eighteen inches below the 

 top of the bed, which will admit of the Stove being 

 ^ built fo much lower ; for if there is height for a perfo 

 * to walk under the glafl^es, it will be as much as is re- 

 quired -, but as the flues, when returned four times 

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bottom of the lower flue fliould be on the fame level 

 with the walk, to admit room enough for the whole 

 under the roof. Over the upright glafles there mult 

 be a range of floping glaflTcs, which miUft run to join 

 the roof, which fhould come fo far from' the back 

 wall as to cover the flues, and the walk behind the 

 taivpit; for if the floping glaflTes are of length fuffi- 

 cient to reach nearly over the bed, the plants will re- 

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