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Plants in a Stove will eafily judge : 

 for when Plants are plac'd under 

 Cover of a Cieling, they always turn 

 themfelves toward the Air and 

 Xight, and thereby grow crooked ; 

 and if, in order to preferve them 

 ftrait, they are turn'd every Week, 

 they will neverthelefs grow week, 

 and look pale and fickly, iike aPer- 

 fon (hut up in a Dungeon ; for 

 which Reafons, I am fure, whoever 

 has made Trial of both Sorts of 

 Stoves, will readily join with me 'to 

 recommend the Model of the Bark 

 Stove for every Purpofe. 



As to the farther Contrivance of 

 thisStove, it will be neceffary to 

 obferve the Situation of the Place, 

 whether theG round be dry or wet ; 

 if it be dry, then the Floor need not 

 be rais'd above one Foot above the 

 Level of the Ground ; but if it be 

 wet, it will be proper to raife it three 

 Feet ; efpeci illy if thefe Flues are to 

 be carried under theFloor ; for when 

 they are erected clofe upon the Sur- 

 face of the Ground, they will raife 

 a Damp ; nor will the Flues draw 

 fo well as when they are more ele- 

 vated. The Furnace of this Stove 

 may be either placed at one End of 

 the Houfe, or at the Back-part 

 thereof, according to the Convenien- 

 cy of the Building. This muft be 

 made according to the Fuel intended 

 to burn ; which, if for Coals or 

 Wood, may be made according to 

 the common Method for Coppers, 

 but only much larger ; becaufe, as 

 the Fire is to be continued in the 

 Night chiefly, fo, if there is not 

 room to contain a great Quantity of 

 Fuel, it will occauon a great deal of 

 Trouble in attending to the Fire in 

 the Night, which ihould be avoided 

 as much as poffible ; becaufe when- 

 ever the Trouble is made very great 

 or difficult, and the Perfon who is 

 entruilid with the Care of it, has 



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not a very great Affeclion for th* 

 Thing, and is withal not very care- 

 ful, there will be great Hazard of 

 the Fire being negle&ed, which in 

 a little time would be of dangerous 

 Confequence to the Plants : but if 

 the Fuel intended be Turf, then the 

 Contrivance of the Furnace may be 

 the fame as for the Bark Stove al- 

 ready mentioned . The Flues of this 

 Stove mould be turn'd inAngles, af- 

 ter the following Manner ; 



which will caufe them to draw better 

 than if {trait ; and by this Method 

 of difpofing them, they will reach 

 from the Back to the Front of the 

 Houfe. 



The Depth of them mould not be 

 lefs than eighteen Inches, and the 

 Width nearly equal, which will pre- 

 vent their being choak'd up with 

 Soot ; as is often the Cafe when the 

 Flues are made too fmall. The 

 Spaces between the Flues 'mould be 

 fiird up either with dry Brick Rub- 

 bifh, Lime, or Sand, from which 

 there will little Moiliure arife ; and 

 the Flues mould be clofely plafter'd 

 with Loam both within and without; 

 and the Upper-part of them cover'd 

 with a coarfe Cloth under the Floor, 

 to prevent the Smoke from getting 

 into the Houfe. 



When the Flue is carried from the 

 Furnace to the End of the Houfe, it 

 may be return'd in the Back above 

 the Floor in a ftrait Line, which 

 may be contriv'd to appear like a 

 Step or two ; by which means the 

 Smoke will be continued in the 

 Houfe until all its Heat is fpent, 

 which will confequently warm the 

 Air of the Houfe the better ; and 

 the Chimneys thro' which the 

 Smoke is to pafs off, may be either 

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