THE GARDENERS’ CHR@ONICHEE. [May 98, 
: oo be cleanly swept up nova morning. 
—F. R. Horner, M- MM, Dey Halls 
_HEATIN G NG HOTHOU USES. 
altered a stove and a Ger eg even ge 
here, a ere un t and heat 
rich were under the, g the stove to the cul- 
ture of e nium-house (divided from 
the stove by rtition) bein conveniently si 
tuated for an i oats he house, in which we might grow 
the hardier Orchidécee and many other plants (too ao 
for a gr ia requiring the full heat o 
stove,) I recommended that jt should be ee for that 
lad, under any pretext, to get rid of the ae ete of 
smoke-flues. 
Of laté years we have had under discussion so ma =f 
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modes of applying hot water to ng ape purposes 
that it atter 
able choice, which might t io improve- 
e same ti imple in construction 
and economical both in the erection and in the after 
. These hould be held of the first 
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plans with ihoer people’s purses. The general extension 
of the yrey ation of Or chiddcere, np late years, has over- 
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The fom ulin system, brought so prominently before 
ear by Mr. agp aa | poy fe ay to supply 
us last 
heat ae apr at more sim 
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inquiry, fhoverer i found ‘this would 
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more time to get the castings ready than I could spare 
= oe our plants, I eng inte sketched out 
aplan f r my self, which—without _any pretens sion ns to ori- 
, I decided 
has moe anaing the last six months, to be as efficient, 
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of the gutters was determined by the course of the old 
flues, and the reason for Sieige the boiler 
of the stove, and about 7 feet from it, is, that a range 
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sa three oho on edge deep—the gutters 
with common flat roofing tiles, ead set in common mortar, 
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house twice the size-- In setting the boiler, a small space 
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house whore sing over the water. e return-pipe is 
ed 1 inch eabor ve the level of the bottom of the 
gutter, es insuring a space for any sediments in the 
water to subside into, instead of finding aac way into 
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oiled, and a volume of steam issued into the es d 
which, after "passing the circuit of the house, would be. 
open spaces over the return gutter. Where the water enters ; 
the intermediate st ove I made a provision me stopping the : 
so 
at a trifling expense: Where neither’a border nor pits are 
to be heated in this wi the gutte rs ought to stand 3 or4 | 
inches from the wall, to insure all the heat to the 3 
nside a 
f the house. 4 
The héat produced by this apparatus is more co er q 
to vegetation acy that “of lak — igo reo of, 
jis young Melon 
red in this house, in preference to his M‘Phail 
as he told me very earnestly, he sees 
heat of Sew was more ok for that sort of plants.” 
ing to know how far his observation might be 
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seed in the at t rest requests of the 
oung ; I gave up t the front shelf over the 
gutters to plant out the Cucu $ in, wer a 
fruited ove + the Orchid acete, y of shade 
trained and 
are Poa gs eH in proving the qualities of réputil new : 
= the intermediate stove the covers are constantly ao 
gutters, but when we shut up the house — close at 
meee there i isa feats tible dew on the leaves cpa 
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. being p' e 
lady who is fond of plants, has for this rea 
oo, 4 a I advert to it more pa 
wer fully some question ons put by 2° 
respondent, « Omens” a fortnight or three weeks a0. 
He whether 
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the _— Aiss sy seen. The is, deli be much i 
c or niaae s, delicate plants would be 
Ft i os 10 15 20 ft ie cmetinta Sena: by iota as the sss would be constantly b: 
: ne : $f e drainage ; an 
ie PY a ne ie epee ee ni amongst sour soil. 
of nate ine letting out 7 cement them, whi th f | standir ings ; is the s¢ 
and division brie & Reto pe sropeiig ® vapour Be A aia tiles or common seetipi a Dare. ony ted wi ib oct, a housekeeper vould 8 Heath if Lege articles We’ 
ing on ip of the return’ gutter, and haying a onset a > riot aes Ont, Be over ther tempted to be dispensed with. Many plan 
bors with which the inside of ti w alta next the ET eens meee! nches wie et fe for sth ge Moe iL gon ; and Fuchsias, will doubtless thriy 
ouse is also ¢ 1. The division in the mi is at a time, ‘use es as well even if the pans are kept constantly full 
built in cement, the bottom being formed of slabs of Welsh a space prety poeire: a filled ‘ae got ¥ ot Wn persons, w mentioned that the, water 
slate, hal h thick, resti ore? 1| mild’ whiter to te 3 on bagel em supplied from the : ho never 
difficulty in getting the cement to sticktoit, Under great 
Pressure, the best way is to build the bottom on arches and 
th water; and 
water in the flow he See ee 
at any time, so that J have ample com 
of heat fora 
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ans, and who nev 
the top of the soil at all t but this doctrine \ 
Haba and ve mn shenes 
