Cheap Greenhouses. 



Cheap G-reenhouses. 



PROBABLY no question has been asked 

 so often of our leading florists, within 

 the past three years, by gentlemen, as this : 

 " Hoiv can I build and heat a Cheap Green- 

 housed And for a long time none could 

 give a satisfactory answer. Most conserva- 

 tories and greenhouses hitherto erected, have 

 been of a costly character, from $2,000 up- 

 ward, each requiring special heating ap- 

 paratus, and the special attention of one 



in cold nights) than the usual air of the 

 room. 



It is our pleasure, at last, to say, that the 

 much desired invention has appeared, which 

 seems to us most perfectly adapted to the 

 successful heating and operation of any 

 greenhouse of this character. 



The accompanying illustration represents 

 a full view of a small greenhouse, with hot 

 water pipes surrounding the bare inside, 



Plan for Heating a Small Conservatory . 



person who must always be present. But 

 the taste for plant growing within doors, has 

 advanced so rapidly, in the last three years, 

 that many ladies and gentlemen have begun 

 the erection of small conservatories, which 

 are connected with the main portion of their 

 dwellings, and open immediately into the 

 parlors, libraries or sitting rooms. Bay 

 windows, too, have multiplied — have gradu- 

 ally become filled with a large and often 

 handsome collection of in-door plants ; and 

 these, too, have begun to feel the necessity 

 of better heating arrangements (especially 



and supplied from a small base-burning 

 water heater, placed in the cellar or base- 

 ment of the adjoining building. 



It is one of new construction by Hitching 

 & Co., of this city, who have adapted it es- 

 pecially to the purpose for which needed. 



Its heating capacity is sufficient to heat 

 about 200 feet of pipe surface, and suitable 

 to heat a conservatory that has about 600 

 square feet of glass on the roof, sides and 

 ends. 



The fite chamber is surrounded by water, 

 as is also the ash pit, so as to economize the 



