THE FLOEAL ^YOELD AND GARDEN GUIDE. 



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For the heating of these a very small 

 boiler will do, and which may now be had 

 second-hand of the great Loudon hot- 

 house builders for a trifle, as they are re- 

 moving numbers of them to make way for 

 the " one-boiler system ;" 36 feet of 4-incli 

 pipe, two elbows, one syphon, and a sup- 

 ply-cistern, 9 inches square, for fixing at li, 

 will be required for Fig. 1 ; also, two 

 diminishing T pieces, one stop-valve I, one 

 2inch syphon, and 18 feet of 2-ineli pipe, 

 for Fig, 2 ; a furnace-lront and bars may 

 also be bought second-hand, and observe 

 to put in small soot-doors opposite the 

 principal flues for convenience of cleaning 

 froni soot, and these, though their cost 

 would be trifling when new, might be had 

 second-hand. 



180 feet will be required ; and about 40 

 feet of 3 by 4-5-inch scantling to lay into 

 the walls as bond-timber. For the pitch 

 of the ]'Oof and ventilators about 32 feet of 

 1 by 9-inch board for shelves h, v, and 

 ventilators, c, five iron brackets, ditto, a 

 few feet of spline for ventilators, and 

 ^-inch iron rod for the same ; a ladder o for 

 stoke-hole, one door and threshold for 

 potting-shed, Fig. 3; also, one door, partly 

 glass, and threshold for Fig. 1, two stakes 

 and two pieces of rough board for potting- 

 bench in ; 70 feet of scantling, 2| by 3 

 inches for spars to roof of Fig. 3 ; a few 

 feet of pantile lath for ditto, and 100 pan- 

 tiles ; three well-glazed 2-inch lights for 

 Fig. 2, which can be bought ready-made 

 and seasoned of any of the hothouse 



OR QUA/ O PLAN. 



For the building must be provided 

 4000 red bricks, 250 white bricks for 

 floors, 10 feet of coping-bricks, one chal- 

 dron, or 3G bushels, of lime, and three loads 

 of sand, and 20 feet of 9-inch drain-pipe 

 for flue and chimney. 



Fifty-four feet of wall-plate, 4^ inches 

 by 3 inches, for the various roofs to 

 rest upon ; and if the ends of the jjit, 

 Fig. 1, be only bricked up as high as the 

 front-wall, and the rest part glass, about 

 14 feet more will be required ; also, for the 

 jambs and leutela for two doors, 34 feet 

 of the same scantling, making about 102 

 feet. 



The roof of Fig. 1 to be constructed on 

 the same plan as "Cheap Greenhouse," 

 which see for a section of the bar, of 



which for roof and ends, at 8 inches apart, 

 builders, these being the only parts,except- 

 ing the door for Fig. 1, that requires a 

 first-rate joiner to execute; 100 feet box 

 of glass of the exact size required can also 

 be had of the London houses, and which 

 woidd leave plenty in hand for repairs. 

 Anti-corrosion paint, the best for out-door 

 work, with directions for using, can also 

 be bought with the glass, as well as a 

 stone of putty, or the latter can be made 

 by any labourer, but is better if made some 

 time before using. A window of some 

 kind, which will serve for lighting Figs. 3 

 and 4, must be provided. 



Having enumerated the principal ma- 

 terials that will be required, it remains to 

 make a few remarks only ; namely, that in 



