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1^ exceed forty Feet, iralefs there 

 are two Fire-places, and in that 

 cafe it will be proper to make a 

 Partition of Glafs m the Middle, 

 and to have two Tan-pics, that 

 there may be two different Heats, 

 for Plants from different Countries 

 (for the Reaibns betore given in 

 the Account of Dry-Stoves) \ and 

 were I to ered: a Range ot Stoves^ 

 they {hould be all built in one, and 

 only divided with Gials Partitions, 

 which will be of great Advantage 

 to the Plants, becaulc they may 

 have the Air in each Divifion fliifted 

 by fliding the Giaffcs of th-.* Parti- 

 tions, or by opening the Glafs-door, 

 which fhould be made between each 

 Diviiion, for the more eafy Paffage 

 from one to the other. 



This Stove fliould be rais'd above 

 the Level of the Ground, in pro- 

 portion to the Drynefs of the Place j 

 for if it be built on a moiit Situj- 

 tioa, the whole ftiould be plac'd 

 upon the Top of the Ground i fo 

 that the Biickwork in Front muft 

 be rais'd three Feet above the Sur- 

 face, which is the Depth of the 

 Bark-bed, whereby none of the Bark 

 will be in Danger of lying in-W^rer : 

 but if the Soil be dry, the Brick- 

 work in Front need not be more 

 than one Foot above Ground, and 

 the Pit may be funk two Feet 

 below the Surface. Upon the Top 

 of this Brick- work in Front muil 

 be laid the Plate of Timber, into 

 which the Wood-work of the 

 "Frame is to be faftcn'd, and the 

 upright Timbers in Front muft be 

 placed four Feet aiiinder or fome- 

 what more, v/hich is the Propor- 

 tion of the Width of the Glafs- 

 doors or Saibesj thefe fliould be 

 abou,t fix Feet and a half or ieven 

 Feet long, and plac'd upright ,• but 

 from the Top of thcle Oiould be 

 {loping Glafles, which Ihould reach 



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within three Feet of the Back oi 

 the Stove, where there fhould be a, 

 ftrong Crown -piece of Timber 

 placed, in which there fhould be 

 a Groove made tor the Glaffes to 

 ilide into. The Wall m the Back- 

 part of the Stove fliould be thirteen 

 Inches thick, and carry'd up about 

 nine Feet above the Surface of the 

 Bark-bed j and from the Top of 

 this Wall there fhould be a floping 

 Roof to the Crown-piece where 

 the Glaffes Hide in. This Crown- 

 piece fliould be about twenty Feet 

 high from the Surface of the Bark- 

 bed or Floor, which will give ^ 

 fufficient Declivity to the floping 

 Glaffes to carry otl the Wet, and 

 be of a reafonable Height for t(^ 

 contain many tall Plants. The Back- 

 roof may he ilat^, cover'd witl^ 

 Lead, or tiled, according to the 

 Fancy of the Owner : But the 

 manner of this outfide Building ig, 

 better exprefVd by the annex'd 

 Plan, than is poffible to be defcrij'd 

 in \Yords. ■/"^' v:\h' . 



In the Front of the Houfe there 

 fliould be a Walk about twenrji 

 Inches wide, for the Convcniency 

 of walking, next to which the 

 Bark-pit muft be plac'd, which 

 fliOuld be in Width proportionable 

 to the Breadth of the Houfe: If 

 the Houfe is twelve Feet wide^ 

 which is a due Proportion, the Pit 

 may be fc^ven Feet wide; and be- 

 hind the Pit ihould be a Walk eigh- 

 teen Inches wide, to pafs in order 

 to water the Plants, 0>c. then there 

 will be twenty-two Inches left next 

 the Back- Wall to eredt the Flues, 

 which muft be all rais'd above the 

 Top of the Bark-bed j theie Flues 

 ought to be iixteen Inches wide iii 

 the Clear, th;:t they may not be 

 too foon ftopped with the Sooti 

 and the lower Flue, into which th? 

 Smoak hrft enters from the F'lre^ 



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