Sept. dry, and confequently the Mould will not be 
" parched inthem. There will be the fame Degree 
of Heat preferved, and the Roots will by this | 
Means be kept in a State of growing: thefe are } 
the Reafons for preferring the Bark Stove to the 
other, and it is to be conftruéted in the fol- 
lowing Manner. 
The Dimenfions are liable to no Rule, for 
they can only be determined by the Pleafure | 
of the Proprietor, and the-Number of Plants 
he intends to raife, but the Proportion is ftill 
Within the Compafs of Rule, and the féveral | 
_ Parts may always be afcertained in thei? Mea- | 
fures. 
of a large one, nothing 
reduce the Meafures for a fmaller. 
Firft, Let a Part of the Ground be chofe i. 
this Purpofe that is perfectly dry; and let it | : sniee? leat? re ae 
ftand open to the South Sun, and defended as | ue ipsa beg: Forme’ ark oe =i oe 
| 3 : | bricked at the Bottom, and wall’d up all 
| round. 
the Greenhoufe from the cold Quarters. 
On this Spot mark out the Form of the 
‘Stove intended to be divided into feveral Parts | 
ie : are to be confidered; we treat of them dif- 
by crofs Partitions, or to be kept in one large | 
| tinctly, that the practical Gardener may under- 
| ftand every feparate Part ; but in the Conftruc- 
Let the Length be eight and forty F oot, and | tion of the Work they are to be carried up with the 
Let the Foundation of 
_ the Walls be. laid, and thofe in Front be } 
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and f{pacious Area. 
the Breadth eighteen. 
carried up one Foot above the Surface, 
Let the Area within be then marked out, and 
divided in half (or into more Parts) a Partition 
of Glafs is to be run acrofs at this Line of Di-. 
vifion ; and two Pits of Bark are to be dug, one 
in each Divifion; there are alfo to be two 
Furnaces, one of which will ferve for each, 
and by this Means the “Heat may be made 
different in the two Parts, and. thofe Plants | 
which require moft may be placed in one, | 
_ and thofe which require fomewhat lefs in the 
other erie 
Growth; in one of this Extent it may 
very well be twenty Foot: In this Cafe the 
Back Wall fhould be fifteen Inches thick ; 
and when it is carried up to the due Height, 
the Wood-work may be laid upon the Foot Wall 
in Front. This muft be the Place for the re- 
ceiving the Frames of the Glafs-work, and ‘from 
this are to rife the Uprights which feparate 
the Frames one from another, and fupport the 
Front. of the Building, This, excepting for 
thefe Uprights, which are to be of found Tim- 
ber, muft be entirely of Glafs, 
of Glaffes are to be carried flanting to the 
Trame-Piece which terminates the Roof. This 
I 
is the Form of the Building; and in thefe 
Proportions it will allow ample Room for 
| the Pits of Bark,‘ and Space to walk round 
them; with Height for the talleft Plants. | 
Every: Thing muft be made very tight and 
firm. The Roof muft be *flated, the Timber- 
work folid and found; and the Framing of the 
| Saihes muft be performed in a Workman-like 
Manner, for they até to move eafily, and 
yet fut firm. — 
The two Areas, divided by the Glafs Par- 
tition, are now to be wrought for the Pits. 
There muft be a Walk left in Front, and 
another behind; and there muft be Space 
We fhall upon this Plan give the Dimenfions | alfo allowed for erecting the Flues in this 
being eafier than to 
‘Part. . This gives the Meafure of the two Pits, 
| which béihg thus marked upon the Surface aré 
to be dug out three Foot in Depth; and in 
the Meafure being thus allotted by the Building, 
This being ‘ready for the Tan, the Flues 
Back Wall; the Foundation of which is to. be 
made broad enough for both; for being built 
at once, they will fettle together : and the Flues 
are fo nice an Article, that any Diforder in them 
will deftroy the whole. 
Thefe are to rife from the two Fire-places 
we allow toa Stove of this Extent; and thofe 
Fire-places are to be placed one at each End of 
with Sheds erected over them for 
the Convenience of managing the Fire. 
The Flues, which take their Rife from thefe, 
are to be carried about fix Lengths, one at a 
{mall Diftance over the other : they are to run | 
along the Wall, and to come each Way within 
four Inches of the Glafs Partition; but they 
muft not be united one with the other, for 
that would prevent the Draught. | 
The loweft Flue fhould be eight and twenty 
Inches in. the Clear, and all the others nine- 
teen Inches. This will raife the whole Body 
of them about eleven Foot from the Level 
of the Floor, and that will give good Pafflage 
to the Smoke, and very well warm the Air 
of the whole Divifion. | : 
The Gardener will find no Difficulty in en- 
tering into thefe Proportions, or jn reducing 
them to proper Dimenfions for the 
Stove for any fmaller Number of 
he has thus the whole before him. 
The mechanical Part is better underftood 
erecting a 
Plants ; and 
by the Carpenter and Bricklayer, than it can’ 
be explained in Words; but his Bufinefg is 
to fee that the whole and the feveral Parts 
anfwer the Intent and Purpofe: that the Frame- 
work of Wood is all fecure and clofe, that 
the Safhes fit, and that the Flues draw well. 
Another Article will alfo require his ftri€t At- 
| tention ; which is, that the Smoak do not get 
into the Houfe through any Defect in the Work : 
this is the niceft Article in the Bricklayer’s Work. 
‘There 
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