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FIG. 8. Section of the Same. 



thick is sufficient) ; or 

 it may, when it is to 

 be attached to a wood- 

 en dwelling, be built 

 of wood good cedar 

 posts being set as sup- 

 ports 3-| feet deep, and 

 lined with weather- 

 boarding on each 

 side, leaving a space 

 of 12 inches wide, to 

 be filled very com- 

 pactly with charcoal dust, or dry tan. 



At the farther end of the house is a door, i. 



The roof may rise in the middle so as to be from 12 to 15 feet 

 high (in our plan, it is shown 1 2 feet). It is wholly glazed, the 

 sashes on either side sliding down in the rafters, so as to admit air 

 when necessary. The rafters themselves to be placed about 4 feet 

 apart. Is it not a neat little green-house this structure that we 

 have conjured up before you ? It is particularly light and airy ; and 

 do you not observe that the great charm about it is, that every plant 

 is within reach always inviting attention, always ready to be en- 

 joyed ? Truly, it is not like those tall houses, with stages running 

 up like stairs, entirely out of the reach of one's nose, arms or fingers. 

 Do you not see, also, that you can very well water and take care of 

 every plant yourself, if you are really fond of such things ? Very 

 well ; now let us look a little into the way in which we are to keep 

 this little place of pleasure always warm and genial for the plants 

 themselves. 



In the first place, we must inform our reader that we are not to 

 have either a furnace with brick flues, or a boiler with hot water 

 pipes. They are both excellent things ; but we must have, at pre- 

 sent, something simpler and more economical. 



Every body, in the northern States, very well knows what an air- 

 tight stove is; a most complete and capital little machine, whether 

 for wood or coal ; most easily managed, and giving us almost the 

 whole possible amount of caloric to begot out of hickory or anthracite. 



