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THE SOUTHERN PLANTER. 



CONSTRUCTION OF CHIMNEYS. 



In constructing chimneys, the builder 

 should bear in mind that the facility for the 

 passage of air through a funnel depends en- 

 tirely upon his labor in its formation. The 

 more direct the funnel, the more regular in 

 its size, and the smoother its surface, the 

 more perfect will be the draft. The great- 

 er length you add to a funnel by giving it 

 abrupt turns or "breaks," )as they are 

 sometimes called,) the less useful it is for 

 the purpose for which it is designed. A 

 funnel 8 inches square, made perfectly 

 smooth and even in its inner surface, and 

 perpendicular in its direction, will conduct 

 a stronger draft than one twice the size 

 which is irregular in its form, with a 

 rough surface, and having abrupt turns. 

 A separate funnel, for each room, should 

 be carried all the way up the chimney ; 

 and if this is not done the area of each 

 funnel should equal in measurement that 

 of all the flues leading into it. A chimney 

 in a conical form, with a gradual increase 

 of area as it is carried up, will be much 

 more regular in its draft, at the apex than 

 that of the ordinary construction, where 

 the outlet of the funnel is smaller than the 

 bottom or inlet. The most prominent dif- 

 ficulty in the draft of chimneys is occa- 

 sioned by discrepancies in the formation of 

 the funnel. — Fisk's Fuel Almanac. 



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WATT'S CUFF-BRACE AND GUAGE 

 PLOUGH. 



FARMERS are requested to examine our 

 stock of ploughs. We have about twenty 

 sizes, all on the "cuff" plan, by which the 

 beam may be raised or lowered and turned to 

 the right or left to regulate the depth and width 

 of furrow without altering the harness. Some 

 have wrought points and others cast. The 

 ploughs when adjusted to the height of the 

 horse can be made as permanent as, any other 

 plough, if not more so. The sizes vary from 

 a light one-horse to a large four-horse; and 

 the prices from $3 50 to $14 or $16. 



The four-horse we confidently recommend 

 as superior to any in use in this countiy. 

 Those who use four-horse ploughs will please 

 call in time to allow us to get them ready for 

 the present season. 



For further description see Planter of June, 

 1842, (with a cut,) November, 1846, and Feb- 

 ruary and April, 1847. 

 Patent rights for sale. 



Address GEORGE WATT & Co., 

 je — tf Richmond, Va. 



TERMS. 



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ANCIENT AND REAL 



LINNJEAN BOTANIC GARDEN AND 



NURSERY, 



Late of William Prince, deceased, Flushing, L. L 

 near Nevj York A 



rp HE new Propri- 

 JL etors of this cel- 

 ebrated Nursery, 

 known as Prince's, 

 and exclusively de- 

 signated by the above 

 title for nearly fifty 

 years, offer for sale 

 every description, in- 

 cluding the nev:est awl 

 choicest varieties, of 

 Fruit and Ornamen- 

 tal Treks, Shrubs, 

 Vines, Plants, Roses, &c, the gcnuirmiess of 

 which may be depended upon; and they will 

 unremittingly endeavor to merit the Confi- 

 dence and Patronage of the Public, by In- 

 tegrity and Liberality in dealing, andi-Mo- 

 deration in charges. 



§pf»Descriplive Catalogues gratis on appli- 

 cation post paid. 



WINTER & Co. 

 Aug. 1847. Proprietors. 



