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JOUBNAL OF HORTICULTURE AND COTTAGE GARDENER. 



[ February 13, 18f8. 



certainly not the best position against which to place a stove, 

 so far as the equal and economical diffusion of heat is con- 

 cerned. 



Much depends on the construction of the house, as to where 

 the stove is placed. To say that it answers well in a bad 

 position, is to say that it would answer better in a good one. 

 A long horizontal pipe must, however, be avoided, or the per- 

 nicious products of combustion will not escape freely. An im- 

 portant point to be attended to in construction, is to make the 

 stove air-tight. No air should find its way to the fire except at 

 will, and through the ventilator in the ashbox door. The 

 ventilator then serves the purpose of a damper. For five or 

 ten minutes after the fire is lighted, to insure quick ignition of 

 the coke, the door is left quite open ; there is then a corre- 

 sponding escape of heat up the chimney. The coke once well 

 alight, and the ventilator duly regulated, the bricks will absorb 

 the heat, which is again extracted by the atmosphere of the 

 house, and the pipe above the stove will gradually cool to a 

 lower degree than the stove itself. The ventiLator thus acts 

 efficiently as a damper. My experience is the same in sub- 

 stance as "K. F.'s," and from what has been written there 

 can be no difficulty in constructing a stove to act admirably 

 and economically. I may add that economy was not neces- 

 sarily the cibject of the proprietor in adopting this mode of 

 heating. He had thought much on the subject, and saw his 

 way clearly that it would answer. Prognostications of failure 

 -were made by gardeners and others, and in order to determine 

 whether they or himself were right, the stoves were and are 

 retained. Twenty-five-years trial has proved him right. The 

 system has answered well. — J. W. 



TEARS. 



8. Adelk Lancelot. — A seedling raised by M. Van Mons, 

 tut not brought out until after his decease. Not superior. 

 Ripe in October and November. — (Jlogfs Fruit Mamial, 237.) 



3. Adele Lancelot. 



9. ApiiLE DE St. Dekis. — Of good quality, and ripe from 

 early in October until early in November. — (Hogg's Fruit 

 ilaniml, 238 ) 



9. Afli-le de St. Doai3. 

 10. Ah ! MON DiEU. — Its original name. Belle fertile, is ap- 

 propriate and unobjectionable, and tbat now applied ought not 

 to be tolerated. It is said to have been bestowed because 

 Louis XIV., when he saw the superabundant crop it bore, ex- 



.4h ! Moa Diea. 



claimed, "Ah 1 mon Dieu." Kipe in September, but does not 

 continue good longer than a fortnight. — [Uonq's Fruit Ulanual, 

 238.) 



