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Pots of cuttings, seeds, etc., may then be 

 crammed together on the bed of sand to 

 enjoy a moist bottom-heat, and the amount 

 of air to be given is regulated by the top 



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Fig. 2. I HJ/ 



light?. Fig. 2 is a sectional side view of 

 the case when at work. 



Let us now take the case to pieces. 



E, is fixed, so as to carry the products of 

 combustion out of the case. It makes so 

 little smoke (even with the lamp) that a 

 piece of new board placed against the end 

 of the pipe flue was but barely colom-ed, 

 after having received the smoke upon its 

 clean sui'face for three months continously . 

 The boiler is emptied by means of a stop- 

 cock, F, which is an improvement for 

 which we are indebted to the maker, Mr. 

 West. There is no occasion to use this 

 stop-cock unless from neglect in changing 

 the candle the heat has declined, when the 

 cold water can be drawn off and a fresh 

 supply of hot water takes its place, and of 

 course the tap is useful when the case is 

 put away when its work for the season is 

 over. The box, a, is that already de- 

 scribed as the receptacle of the candle, and 

 thus the circle of appliances is completed. 

 Those who have never seen a AVal- 

 tonian case will, perhaps, be still further 

 assisted to for:U a correct conception of its 



When the lights are removed, and of 

 course the pots also, the tray, on which 

 sand is spread, may be lifted out by means 

 of a couple of handles for the purpose, 

 and its appearance is represented in FL r . 3, 

 in which A is the boiler which gives heat to 

 the trayB b, on which the pots stand ; C 

 is the tube by which the boiler is filled. 

 The tube has a stopper which can be re- 



construction and use if we turn the tray 

 upside down, a3 in Fig. 4. Here, as be- 

 fore, A is the boiler, b B the under side of 

 the tray, in which the pots stand, f the 

 stop-cock, G the glass front, and H perfo- 

 rated bottom of the candle-box. 



The value of this invention for propa- 

 gating limited cjuantities of stove and 

 greenhouse plants, is increased by the cer- 



moved so as to fill the case with steam, if l 

 the cultivator chooses to give the cuttings 

 a vapour bath. If the sand is kept re- I 

 gularly wetted, there is no occasion for its I 

 removal, except to fill up the boiler, which 

 holds about two quarts. The boiler is 

 heated by the passage of the hot air from 

 the lamp passing through it, and the hot 

 air escapes (not very hot, by the by) at d, 

 to which, wheu at work, a small pipe flue, 



tainty and cleanliness of the source of heat. 

 One word to certain folks who have lately 

 made inquiries about this case. It wiil 

 start seeds and cuttings of every kind of 

 stove and greenhouse plant in common 

 cultivation, but it is neither a melon-pit 

 nor a fern stove, nor will it, n< many seem 

 to imagine, serve as a house in which to 

 grow plants on after they are rooted, nor 

 can they be bloomed or fruited in it. It 



