84 Gleanings in Old Garden Literature. 



commonly called his Terra; and he has 

 transferred it to his own pages. 



Evelyn considered stoves prejudicial in 

 the conservatories, however. In his letter to 

 the Earl of Sandwich, August 2ist, 1668, 

 he observes : 



" Stoves absolutely destroy our conservatories ; but 

 if they could be lined with cork I believe it would 

 better secure them from the cold and moisture of the 

 walls, than either mattresses or reeds with which we 

 commonly cover them." 



Beyond question, the science of construct- 

 ing heating apparatus and regulating it, with 

 the use of proper fuel, was in its infancy ; 

 and if certain classes of coal, heavily charged 

 with sulphur, were burned, or coke, no deli- 

 cate vegetation could exist in the atmosphere 

 so created ; and at Chelsea, according to 

 Evelyn's testimony, a remedy for the smoke 

 seems to have been found by keeping the 

 doors and windows open ! An account of 

 the subterranean contrivance and other pre- 

 cautions formerly in use at the Apothecaries' 

 Garden seemed to belong more fitly to the 

 antecedent section, where it occurs. 



