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JOURNAL OF HORTICULTURE AND COTTAGE GARDENER. 



[ Angnst 9, 1864. 



stoves, we should have no doubt at all of the stove described 

 at page 172 of the last volume answering admirably. There 

 is not a point we would wish to alter. The stove being 

 placed inside the house, a close-fitting doorway is essential, 

 and we can see no advantage in placing that feeding-door 

 higher up opposite the chimney. The reason for the position 

 of the feeding-place we deem most conclusive. An opening 

 in the cover of the stove would taint the honse every time 

 it was opened. 



What you say of the impracticability of cleaning out the 

 clinkers almost shows you must have skipped the description 

 of the peculiarity of the grating- or fire-bars, which, dropping 

 down whenever you wish it, allow of everything being re- 

 moved at the ash-pit door without any necessity for putting 

 your arm down inside at all. This plan of grating for stoves 

 or boilers was, we believe, first given by Mr. Allen, in a 

 previous volume, and repeated in our manual "Heating," 

 page 37. Be assured no opening at top from such a stove 

 inside the house would suit equally well. Tour proposed 

 bent pipe of 1 inch would, no doubt, give you heat in pro- 

 portion to its size, but the double size of the pipe, and 

 the bend in the fireplace, in the plan, wovdd be likely when 

 wanted to give three times the amount of heat ; and if not 

 quite so much, there would be the advantage of never 

 having the pipes so hot as they would be from a one-inch 

 pipe. 



Then, again, by turning up the plan referred to in Vol. 

 XXVIII., page 630, you will perceive that you have, no 

 doubt, unwittingly mingled what is quite separate and dis- 

 tinct. What is there given is not an Arnott's stove at all, 

 but merely a distinct form of furnace for a flue ; the furnace 

 placed outside, not inside of the house. Hence the moveable 

 lid at top is no disadvantage, which it would be were it in- 

 side of the house. The peculiarities of this furnace as com- 

 pared with those in common use are,, first its being fed from 

 the top by a hinged hid, and, secondly, the moveable grat- 

 ing-, as described in the ease of the stove just spoken of. 

 The height and smallness of the opening into the flue will 

 insure a good draught, as no doubt there is a chimney at 

 the other end. There is no mention of water-pipes, although 

 no doubt they could be introduced if deemed desirable. The 

 fact of the furnace being outside of the house does away 

 with your objection to the size of the covering plate. One 

 of 13 inches square would give 1} inch all round the opening 

 of 10 inches, which under the circumstances would be suffi- 

 cient. We should have no objection to the 19 inches you 

 consider necessary, except the greater expense of the plate 

 and the greater weight and trouble in raising it. We advert 

 to these little matters more particularly, as critics and im- 

 provers should be correct in their references. 



Now, certainly, we would not approve of constructing such 

 a furnace (stove) with a moveable top, in a pit 20 feet long, 

 1 feet wide, and 6 feet in height at middle over pathway, 

 with or without the hot-water pipes for growing Cucumbers, 

 as there would be danger every time the cover was raised to 

 replenish the fire. If the stove must be inside and fed inside 

 we would prefer the form of stove first referred to, at page 

 172 of last volume ; but so liable are Cucumbers to suffer 

 from the least back draught, that if for economy we wished 

 the heat from the stove to be given to the house, we would 

 construct it inside close to the wall, and have the feeding- 

 door and ashpit-door outside of the house. To get bottom 

 heat either with or without a chamber, the stove must be 

 sunk sufficiently low to let the pipes or flue ascend into it. 

 For such a chamber two two-inch pipes would be necessary 

 for early Cucumbers. The pipes should be near the top. 

 See notice of such chambers at Berkhampstead Nursery in 

 a previous volume. 



It is always well to stick to the boat that carries us safely 

 over the river. On this principle we would advise you to 

 keep to the Biddell stove that does such good service. Even 

 with that and its moveable top we would be a little timid as 

 respects Cucumbers. It is very different as regards the low 

 heat required in a greenhouse. We presume your stove has 

 no water round its sides, but that you take the three-quarter- 

 inch pipe from the stove. In such a case the fire must be 

 pretty strong to heat so quickly a tank 8 feet long, 2 feet 

 wide, and 4 inches deep. We know of no remedy against 

 over-heating except stopping the circulation, enlarging the 

 size of the tank, or careful firing. When once the requisite 



heat is obtained, it can only be kept regular by a very 

 slow combustion. This is best done by carefully regulating 

 the air through the ashpit-door. This is well adverted to at 

 page 172 of last volume. In fact, that stove by care can be 

 a stove of slow or rapid combustion just as it is desirable. 

 But for your rather lofty chimney we suspect the 30 feet 

 of a flue running horizontally across a yard would have 

 been a difficulty. Vou are right in supposing that stoves 

 without such an accessory do best with a very short hori- 

 zontal pipe. Various modes have lately been described for 

 getting rid of steam, vapour, &c. We trust you will now 

 see that the plan for a furnace outside of a house is a dif- 

 ferent thing from a stove to be placed inside of a house, and 

 that for these distinct purposes the plans would severally be 

 efficient. The authors of these plans will, perhaps, offer 

 further explanations if deemed necessary. — R. F.] 



NEW STEAWBEEEEES. 



On my return from a very pleasant ramble in England, 

 where I saw as usual many beautiful and interesting things 

 in connection with horticulture, I beg to submit to your 

 readers a short account of several new kinds of Strawberries, 

 based upon my own personal experience, and some of which 

 have already been alluded to in this Journal. First on the 

 list stand the following seedlings, raised by that eminent 

 horticulturist, Mr. de Jonghe, and which, as Dr. Hogg 

 rightly observed tome," constitute a. really new race," inas- 

 much as the fruit is so solid that it will safely travel almost 

 any distance. This point has certainly long been a great desi- 

 deratum, and its attainment is a decided step in the right 

 direction, combined as it is with the other necessary re- 

 quisites of a good dessert Strawberry. Who is the amateur 

 grower, that does not now know La Constante, succeeding so 

 well in all parts of England as well as everywhere, and pro- 

 ducing rich large crops of the finest fruit imaginable ? 



As there is, however, " no Rose," or scarcely any, " without 

 a thorn," this splendid sort has one single fault— that is, the 

 scarcity of the runners it produces, and this circumstance 

 must prevent its being grown on a larger scale for market 

 purposes, at least for many years to come. Thanks, how- 

 ever, to the persevering efforts of its raiser, we have now 

 several kinds possessing all the high qualities of La Con- 

 stante, together with the important improvement that they 

 are growing more freely and may, consequently, be pro- 

 pagated as fast as any. These are : — Souvenir de Kieff, 

 La Fertile, and last, but not least, Leonee de Lambertye. 

 All three are of unquestionable merit, and ought to be not 

 only in every private garden, but also in the field to supply 

 the million. 



Then we have Bijou, a most curious sort, and undoubtedly 

 the prettiest and one of the best Strawberries ever raised. 

 This sort, not being a strong grower and but a shy runner, 

 will necessarily be confined to amateurs' gardens, and would 

 be an excellent variety for ladies who take an interest in the 

 useful pastime of growing Strawberries. 



Of English novelties I beg to mention the following.: — 



John Powell (Royal Gardens, Frogmore). — A great ac- 

 quisition and animmense bearer, of first-rate quality. I do 

 not, however, consider it "Queen-leaved" nor "Queen- 

 flavoured," as the Rev. Mr. Radclyffe stated in a recent 

 Number. Nevertheless, it is a very useful sort and can be 

 safely recommended to any one. Through the kindness of 

 Mr. Powell, whilst in England I had occasion to taste some 

 other seedlings raised in those magnificent gardens — viz., 

 Fairy Queen, Elton Improved, Cockscomb, and several 

 others, which will in due course be right welcome to all true 

 fragarians. 



Ingram's Rifleman, such a grand Strawberry in most 

 English soils, does not succeed here, the French climate 

 being evidently too dry, and our sun too powerful for it. On 

 the other hand, Frogmore Late Pine is a favourite here and 

 thrives well. 



The Pbemiee is apparently a very useful sort, large and 

 good, and, what is not to be despised, an enormous cropper. 

 I had runners of it late in the autumn through Mr. William 

 Paul, every one of which produced three or four fruitstalks ! 

 What a crop may we consequently expect from strong 

 established plants ? 



