848 THE GARDENERS' CHRONICLE AND AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE. 
ж. - WONN WEEKS mxi Co 
HORTICULTURAL ESTABLISHMENT, KING S ed CHELSEA. 
THE WHOLE HEATED BY ONE BOILER. 
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"Tum LENGTHENED NOTICE of this т овоа which appeared in the Gardeners? Chronicle of the 16th i n ., directed the attention of the Horti, 
World to the great improvemeuts made by Messrs. W EKS & Co. in the method they have recently adopted for heating it, and in order to give some idea of the character of the cultu 
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This Establishment is now t ro bs. st C cape, of 
country, consisting of Conse Sny in te 
dene а? Greenhouses, Hothonses, 
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; | Xtensive establishment is hem! 
ЇЙ 5 feet high by 3 feet 6 inches in diameter, 
diate actíon of the fire a surface of 
expense attending this great pompe. of connecting all the 
іре e various [eee and pits 
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glass-houses, which n 
a long square, or рагайыдат) which has a gentle fall to the ei 
farthest from the boiler, are certainly well — for and 
warmed from one boiler, whichis effected as fo. llows :— The boile 
is placed at, say, the pocas corner о oiim A 4-1% 
flow pip pe is led in a strai ам m it on the same side to 0 | 
ar as there are houses, and the 
helow it FARE n main 4-inch flow and return | taken 
ough the show houses and down the other side of the square, tof 
шер means of heating the houses on that side, and from 
which are carried ` round them with hs two main 
ugh as 
regulated at pleasure. 
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Ий hii 777 j VIDE Vp JULI / 1600 superficial feet of glass. 
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dedita Houses d pits with the MN Ap 
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r understood by the following comparison of the work. it does in n 
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the work done b; Ax. the. aped boilers at t the spes wil Palm E cand at the Royal Gardens, Kew 
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THES HOUSES AND ge MESSRS. WEEKS AND CO.S THE GREAT PALM enmen KEW, i 356 
a Messure Тйййниһ . P oU 1,000 feet ' Méasures in len ds orn 5: 
: perficial feet of Surface covered do зшде ч re - 12480 » sme iie feet, ©» surface covered. . етсе pr AN NY e 500 200 
ed чы AA ез dere - Денем | WIRT ла ы жоош = dm ^" Surface of glass exposed t to Ld dace ө T 15,000 
DP whole room 000. Length of pipe to t the whole 
esl consumed in 24 bours during the winter months, atacostofSs, ^ хс” Fuel consumed in 24 honrs during the dd soils being ө pis. 72 sacks 
Lof со and one part opal, at а costof4l.16s. рег йау. + Ak night, а 3 
er m ез ; attention onig once in 12 "hours, апа v but for one hour; a MM a| The оен 12 in ctis occupy the whole attent › T y day and by ; 
two hours out of the 24, at a cost of say 8d. per da | eost of say 10s. per d 
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mi n x ett de Косман that the PE p of Messrs. Weeks, with one boiler, is Ga about as much work as фоне" boilers do da iH 
i with i ог, at most, four boilers such as Messrs, WEEKS M now in use, the t Palm at Kew could be heata 66.8 posi like the same | 
of lis bd. per day; ; а saving "Y a 5l. per annum. Messrs. Ў кёк теі фз) there is not in the k MED ie doing лун; 
one boiler, пог, under any y circumslances, at so riting a an expense, 
ent with a visit will be no less struck with the — od асте collection EE эт : 
. t state of cultivation and are for sale at very low prices, t ey will be by th Ze 
| ly ent with the necessary warmth, "T will also find a fine assortment of strong GRAPE VINES п n pots. 
RA BERRY PLANTS for Fordag i їп n the finest condition 
tes буги Buildings e сеа of Plauts, Yd. Seeds, &с., pue on application w 
gs Road, Chelsea, London. 
Place, in the Puak of St. Paneras. and FREDERICK. ge 
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lobun т Evams, of N г, Victoria Street, Sé 
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