.130 The Gardener's New Director. 



the firft flue muft be higher than the bark-pit, "No. 6. 

 by fix inches at leafl, to be built two feet and a half 

 high, and ten inches broad, fo as a foot-tyle may co- 

 ver it J the fecond flue. No. 3. may be two feet three 



inches ; 



{hade as pofllble, becaufe, whenever the fun fhines upon 

 the ball of the thermometer, but one fingle hour, it will 

 raife the liquor in the tube confiderably, when perhaps 

 the air of the houfe is not near fo warm, which many 

 times deceives thofe who are not aware of this. 



In the management of the plants placed in the bark- 

 bed, there muft be particular regard had to the temper 

 of the bark, and the air of the houfe, that neither be 

 too violent ; as alfo to water them frequently, but fpa- 

 ringly, in cold weather, becaufe when they are in con- 

 tinual warmth, which will caufe them to perfpire freely, 

 if they have not a proper fupply to anfwer their dif- 

 charge, their leaves will decay, and foon fall off. 



The other fort of fl:ove, commonly called the dry ftove, 

 as was before faid, may be either built Avith upright 

 and floping glaflfes at the top, in the fame manner, and 

 after the fame model of the bark-flove, which is the 

 moft convenient ; or elfe the front glaffes, which fhould 

 run from the floor of the cieling, may be laid floping, 

 to an angle of forty-five degrees, the better to admit 

 the rays of the fun in fpring and autumn. The latter 

 method has been chiefly followed by moft perfons who 

 have built thefe forts of fl:oves, but were I to have the 

 contrivance of a ftove of this kind, I would have it built 

 after the model of the bark-ftove, with upright giafles 

 in front, and floping glaffes over them, becaufe this will 

 more eafily admit the fun at all the diflferent feafons, for 

 in fummer, when the fun is high, the top-glaffes will 

 admit the rays to fliine almofl: all over the houfe, and 

 in winter, when the fun is low, the front glaffes will ad- 

 mit its rays ; u'hereas, when the glaffes are laid to any 

 deciivity in one direction, the rays of the fun will not 

 fall dire<5lly thereon abo^^e a fortnight in autumn, and a- 

 bout the fame time in fpring, and during the other parts 

 of the vear they will fall obliquely thereon, and in fum- 

 mer. 



