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CAMELLIA CULTURE. 



You can succeed well with them by growing them in 

 pits or frames, and removing them to your dwelling when 

 they are in flower. 



If you have a porch 

 in the rear of your dwel- 

 ling, which can be easily 

 converted into a con- 

 servatory for the plants, 

 have the sash made to 

 fit it closely between the 

 pillars. This can be re- 

 moved in the summer 

 and the plants put in 

 the yard. 



I would recommend 

 for heating such a con- 

 servatory a base-burning 

 boiler, which is repre- 

 sented in the engraving. 

 This heating appara- 

 tus is complete, and can 

 be put up by any plumb- 

 er. The boiler is made 

 of two double cylinders; 

 the water circulates 

 through both. The inner 

 double cylinder forms 

 the magazine for fuel, 

 while the outer one 

 forms the fire box, and makes an annular smoke-flue be- 



The size of boiler is as follows : 



