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Grajpe Cidture in Florida. 



fuel to the fullest extent, and insure perfect 

 safety. They are easily managed, and with 

 as little care as the ordinary base-burning 

 stoves. 



The conservatory illustrated in our plan, 

 is twenty-four feet long and fourteen feet 

 -wide, connected with and communicating 

 with the parlor. 



The cost of heater, with pipes in con- 

 servatory, all complete, will vary from S150 

 to $200, according to the size of conserva- 

 tory, position of boiler, etc. 



And the to- 

 tal cost of 

 g r e e n-house 

 complete with 

 pipes, boiler, 

 etc., is esti- 

 mated at a- 

 bout $600. 

 Possibly any 

 one with me- 

 chanical inge- 

 nuity to make 

 his own con- 

 servatory, 

 need not 

 spend over 

 $350 to $400. 

 The heater 

 mustbeplac'd 

 i m m ediately 

 near a chim- 

 ney, where 

 there is a 

 good draught, 



and once adjusted, needs no looking after 

 fbr hours. 



Many would like to see the heater do 

 double duty, of heating both conservatory 

 and parlor, but such cannot be conveniently 

 arranged. Each room requires its own ap- 

 paratus. 



The heater described here will maintain 

 sufficient heat in the conservatory ; the 

 temperature will not fall below sixty deg. in 

 very cold days. 



It seems, in our opinion, to meet the 



purpose most 

 a d m i r ably, 

 and we will 

 be happy to 

 forward any 

 letter f r o m 

 parties who 

 wish to cor- 

 respond with 

 the manufac- 

 turer for its 

 erection. 



IHuti «/ Boiler for Smnll t'onscri-atory. 



A Lord Pal- 

 merst'n peach 

 weighing over 

 eleven oz., one 

 of 7 produced 

 by a small 

 standard tree 

 grown in a 11- 

 inch pot, isac- 

 k n w ledged 

 by Garden. 



Grape Cultiire in Florida. 



BY " AL FRESCO." 



FOK many years I have been interested in 

 the success of grape culture in Florida, 

 and deem the subject worthy of being noticed 

 through the colums of the Horticulturist. 

 Many flattered themselves that our middle 

 and western States would become wine-pro- 

 ducing regions, and supply the wants of our 

 population with the pure juice of the grape. 

 Taking advantage of the opportunity, unprin- 

 cipled wine growers wrote, talked, lectured 



and published bombastic descriptions of use- 

 less varieties, and thousands were induced 

 to purchase straws at from $3 to $5 each, to 

 reap disappointment. The next enemy of 

 the viticulturist was the oidium (mildew) 

 which destroyed the foliage of foreign and 

 nearly all our native varieties — in some lo- 

 calities the Concord and Hartford Proli- 

 fic alone escaping the ravages of this pest. 

 There appeared another enemy, the grape 



