188 DESCRIPTION AND PLANS OF A RANGE OF NEW PINE-STOVES. 



offer a correct opinion as to its capabilities and efficiency of work- 

 ing, which I am happy to state have been in every way most satis- 

 factory, fully answering my expectations. The house was put 

 up by Mr. Ware, of Exeter ; and the heating apparatus, which 

 answers admirably, was fixed by Mr. Kerstahl, of the same 

 town. The boiler and apparatus have been newly registered, 

 and are capable of furnishing either bottom or top heat, with a 

 small consumption of fuel. In this respect it has a decided 

 advantage over any heating apparatus I have ever seen con- 

 structed or had the working of. 



The house is about 77 feet in length, by 16 feet 8 inches in width, 

 outside measure. It is divided both at bottom and top into seven 

 divisions, by means of 4-inch brickwork, sufficiently higfh to allow 

 pines to be cultivated in pots, or to give depth enough of earth, 

 if at any time it should be contemplated to turn the plants out 

 into the bed. To make the partition complete to the roof, a sheet- 

 glass sash rests on the brickwork, making each division about 15 



