POLMAISE METHOD OF HEATING HOTHOUSES. 



49 



Estimated Produce per Acre. 



Sound. 





I ons. 



cwt 



lbs. 



Tons. 



cwt 



lbs. 







Vinlpftp Hp AT Saorprpf 



4 



15 



71 



o 



9 



78 



11 



■ 59 



A n <rl pf pttp TTtiti'f 



6 



14 



o 



o 



17 



69 



11 



•62 



Clnarfv nv Law T,inp<2 



6 



12 



109 



o 



18 





11 



95 



(^rrppnl ^ w'q ftppfllintr *^J*n 90 ■ 



l ecu i u »> o ijvcuinjt;^ iwt jm\J • • 



3 



7 



37 



o 



7 



78 



13 



48 



Coul Seedling • • • • 





13 



105 



1 



5 



1 



13 



•98 



New Hundred-fold. • • • 



3 



16 



93 



o 



13 



64 



15 



00 



La Tige Couchee » • • 



10 



2 



29 



1 



16 



69 



15 



33 



4< Wild," Saxe-W^eimar • • 

 La Marbree • • • • 



7 



3 



105 



I 



7 



14 



15 



85 



3 



1 



41 



o 



12 



10 



16 



45 



Ampripan TVativP . 





17 



72 



1 





100 



16 



85 



Oxnoble ..... 



6 



3 



30 



1 



8 



35 



18 



66 



f ,a .Tpi*<;pv f.Tprspv RIiip tVnm Parish 



3 



16 



41 



o 



17 



69 



18 



75 



Purple Kidney .... 



2 



10 



28 







8 



63 



18 



81 



Bermuda, No. 2 . • • . 



8 







49 



1 



17 



81 



19 



04 



Dutch, or Flat White . 



8 



4 



92 



1 



18 



105 



19 



13 



White Kidney .... 



7 



16 



5 



2 







33 



20 



53 



La Bleu des Forets 



1 



18 



5 







10 



71 



22 



41 



Bermuda, No. 1 ... 



3 



11 



48 



1 







72 



22 



42 



La Grosse Irlandoise . • 



4 







52 



1 



4 



1 



22 



98 



Large July .... 



7 



5 



106 



2 



9 







25 



14 



Early Shaw .... 



3 







88 



1 



1 



93 



26 



50 



Greenlaw's Seedling, No. 11. 



4 



10 



42 



3 



9 



16 



34 



43 



Oxnoble ..... 



3 



15 



94 



2 



11 



91 



40 



31 



Pink Kidney .... 

 Johnson's Pink .... 



3 



11 



3 



3 



2 



111 



47 



00 



2 



8 



12 



2 



6 



98 



48 



84 



La Blanche Longue 



1 



3 



55 



2 



1 



12 



63 



64 



Diseased. 



IX. — Observations upon the Polmaise Method of Heating 

 Garden Buildings. By D. B. Meek, Esq., Holmsdale 

 House, Nutfield. In a letter to the Vice-Secretary. 

 (Communicated November 17, 1846.) 



The attention of horticulturists has recently been much at- 

 tracted to a new mode of heating commonly called Polmaise ; 

 and considering the prominent part I have taken in pointing out 

 its principles, enforcing their truth, and carrying them into 

 practice, you will not be surprised that I seek to obtain for my 

 views and plans, in your Society's Transactions, a more extended 

 circulation and more durable position than I could otherwise 

 hope to procure for them ; and perhaps it is not too much to 

 say, that considering our climate, considering our means of col- 

 lecting plants from every portion of the globe, there is no subject 

 in which your Society should take a deeper interest, than in the 



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