CHRYSANTHEMUM TIME 



a wall. The hot-water pipe system of heating is favoured, 

 as heat radiated from the body of a lamp or stove is too 

 dry and local. In the case of small houses an upright 

 boiler can be let in the front of the house and fed from 

 the outside. Pipes are connected at the back, one (the 

 upper) being a flow, and the other (the lower) a return. 

 They should rise an 

 inch for every eight 

 feet from the boiler. 

 They may go down 

 one side of the house 

 only if cost of material 

 has to be studied very 

 closely, and if only a 

 cool house is required; 

 but it is better to take 

 them round the end 

 and down the other 

 side, there connecting 

 them with an expan- 

 sion cistern through 

 which water can be 

 poured to fill the pipes 

 and boiler until it 

 stands half-way up the top pipe. Coke will serve as a 

 fuel if it is broken up small, but not otherwise. Broken 

 anthracite coal may also be used. Experience will soon 

 teach valuable lessons in stoking, particularly in respect 

 to banking up at night, and so keeping the fire going 

 until morning. Gas and oil boilers may be fitted to 

 pipes if required. 



Fruit 



The principal matter in connection with fruit in 

 November is that of planting. All kinds of hardy 

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Nov. 

 1-15 



Fig. gi.— Lean-to Greenhouse — Section. 

 a. High back wall. b. Low front wall. 



c. Front woodwork and glass. 



d. Roof ventilator. e. Back stages. 

 /. Front stage, g. Hot- water pipes, h. Path. 



