HOW OTHER PEOPLE HAVE SUCCEEDED I5 



had a number of one-inch holes along its 

 bottom edges for circulation, and a sliding 

 door for access to the stove. Its top was 

 drawn up to form a collar about eight inches 

 in diameter. From this collar an eight- 

 inch flue ran up and out through the cellar 

 window (from which a pane had been 

 removed), and ended at a five by seven inch 

 register set into the floor of the "con- 

 servatory." The flue was enclosed in a 

 wooden box or outer flue for insulation 

 throughout its entire length outdoors. 



This formed virtually a miniature hot- 

 air furnace. The tiniest flame warmed the 

 stove, which in turn warmed the air enclosed 

 in the galvanized hood. This warm air 

 flovv-ed up the pipe through the register arid 

 gave the plants just what they needed — 

 pure, moist, warm air. 



HEATING FROM THE LIVING ROOM 



But it may not be possible always to instal 

 a carefully designed heating plant, and many 

 are the cases where satisfactory window 

 gardens are maintained by the heat from 

 the adjoining room alone — no extra appara- 

 tus — but of course no real forcing is done 



