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otherwife muft be, fince the Front- 

 glaffes of the Stove fhould not be 

 open'd in cold Weather, if it can 

 poffibly be avoided on any Account; 

 otherwife the cold Air ruihing in, 

 will greatly prejudice the very ten- 

 der Plants. 



But befides the Stoves here de- 

 fcrib'd, and the Green-houfe, it will 

 be very neceffary to have a Glafs- 

 cafe or two, where-ever there are 

 great Colleftions of Plants. Thefe 

 may be built exactly in the manner 

 already defcribed for theStoves,with 

 upright Glaffes in Front, and (loping 

 Glaffes over theTop of them, which 

 fhould run within four Feet of the 

 Back of the Houfe. The Height, 

 Depth, and other Dimenfions, fhould 

 be conformable to that of the Stoves, 

 which will make a Regularity in 

 the Building. Thefe may be plac'd 

 at the End of the Range on each 

 Hand beyond the Stoves ; and if 

 there be a Flue carried round each 

 of thefe, with an Oven to make a 

 Fire in very cold Weather, it will 

 fave a great deal of Labour, and pre- 

 vent the Froft from ever entering 

 the Houfe, be the W T inter ever fo 

 fevere: but the upper Glades of 

 thefe Houfes mould have either 

 Shutters to cover them, or elfe Tar- 

 pawlins to let down over them in 

 frofty Weather ; and if there is a 

 Contrivance to cover the upright 

 Glafies in Froft, either with Mats, 

 Shutters, or Tarpawlins, it will be 

 of great Ufe in Winter, otherwife 

 the Flue muil be ufed when the Froft 

 comes on ; which fhould not be 

 done, but upon extraordinary Occa- 

 fions ; becaufe the Defign of thefe 

 Houfes is, to keep fuch Plants as re- 

 quire only to be preferved frcniFrcfr, 

 and need no additional Warmth ; 

 but, at the fame time, require more 

 Air than can conveniently be given 

 them in a Green-houfe : in one of 



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thefe Houfes may be plac'd all the 

 Sorts of Ficoides, African Sedum5, 

 Cotyledons, and other fucculent 

 Plants from the Cape of Good Hope. 

 In the other may be plac'd the feve- 

 ral Kinds of Anem<mofpermos*s t Jaco- 

 baas, Dorias, Alatemoides's, and 

 other woody or herbaceous Plants 

 from the fame Country, or any other 

 in the fame Latitude. 



Thus by contriving the Green- 

 houfe in the Middle, and one Stove 

 and a Glafs-cafe at each End, there 

 will be Conveniency to keep Plants 

 from all the different Parts of the 

 World, which can be no otherwife 

 maintain'd but by placing them in 

 different Degrees of Heat, accord- 

 ing to the Places of their native 

 Growth. 



TheStcves before defcribed are fuch 

 as are ufually built to maintain Exo- 

 ticPianls, which will not live in 

 Iai:d, unlefs they enjoy a Tempera- 

 ture of Air approaching to that of 

 the feveral Countries from whence 

 they are brought ; therefore who- 

 ever is inclinable to preferve a large 

 Collection of Plants from different 

 Countries, muft contrive to have two 

 or three of thefe Stoves ; each of 

 which fhould be kept in a different 

 Temperature of Warmth; and tne 

 Plants fhould be alfo adapted to the 

 feveral Degrees of Heat, as they {hall 

 require, to preferve them: but as the 

 far greatert Number of Stoves, w hich 

 have been erected in England, are 

 defign'd for the Culture of the Ana- 

 Htfjonly; fo I (hall add a Defcripiion 

 and Plans of two Sorts of Stoves, 

 of the leaf! Expence in Building for 

 this Purpofe; fo that whoever are in- 

 clinable to ere<ft a Stove for ripen- 

 ing of the Ananas t may, by attend- 

 ing to the Plans and Descriptions, 

 direct the building and contriving 

 fuch Stoves as they are dcfirous to 

 have ; or according to the Number 



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