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THE DRY STOVE. 



Authors in general have considered the Dry Stove as a receptacle for 

 such plants as requke an intermediate temperature between the green- 

 house and moist stove. Our ^iew of the subject is quite different ; we 

 presume the Dry Stove to be a house in which such plants are to be grown 

 as require an equally high temperature, but which are impatient of that 

 degree of humidity necessary in the moist stove. For example, we may 

 state some of the more tender Euj^horhias, BlaJcea, Echites, Roxhurghiay 

 MalpMghia, Theophrasta, Mi/rtus, DiUenia, Caryophyllus, AtrocarpuSy 

 Jacquinia, Plumieria, Jatropha, and Theobroma. The Dry Stove has 

 also been considered by many as a house in which the culture of succulent 

 plants only may be carried on. ^lodern discovery has sufficiently proved 

 that the majority of succulent plants prosper better in a temperature 

 much below that of stoves in general, and we think that we have prett}' 

 clearly demonstrated, in a former part of these pages, the utihty of 

 growing that singular and interesting tribe of plants by themselves, in a 

 much lower temperature than has hitherto been recommended. As an 

 instance of former practice in this respect we may quote that in use in 

 Kew garden, where the Agave americana and similar plants are subjected 

 to the unnecessary heat of what is called the Dry Stove, along with some 

 others which might peradventure in favourable situations exist almost in 

 the open air. 



In all extensive collections of plants two separate stoves are absolutely 

 necessary, exclusive of the Orchidege House ; the one to contain the more 

 delicate species, and such as require the highest temperature, the other 

 to contain such as are less delicate, and those also that requu'e abundance 

 of moisture. Such, therefore, we denominate the Dry and Humid Stoves. 

 There is no doubt but palms, aquatics, and tropical fruits could be cul- 

 tivated in one or other of these, but they would be cultivated much 

 better in houses expressly set apart for them, and present a much more 

 imposing effect. 



