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cm be procured good. There are 

 fome Perfons who burn Wood in 

 their Stoves ; but this Fuel requires 

 much greater Attendance than any 

 other ; therefore is not very proper 

 for this Purpofe : but in the building 

 of the Stoves, the Ovens muft be 

 contrived for the Sort of Fuel which 

 is to be ufed in them : but thefe will 

 be afterward described ; and the 

 Places where they mould be fituated 

 are delineated in the Plan. 



The Stoves defign'd. for ripening 

 the Fruit of the Ananas mould have 

 upright Glaffes in their Front, which 

 fhou d be high enough to admit a 

 Perfon to walk upright under them 

 on the Walk in the Front of the 

 Houfe ; or where this cannot be ad- 

 mitted, the. front Walk may be funk 

 one Foot lower than that on the 

 Back of the Tan-bed ; fo that the 

 Surface of the Bed will be a Foot 

 above the Walk, which w ill be ra- 

 ther an Advantage, as the Plants w ill 

 be fo much nearer the Glafs ; and a 

 Perfon may with great Eafe water 

 and attend the Plants when they are 

 thus raifed above the Walk; there- 

 fore when a Move is fo fuuated, as 

 that the raifing of it high above- 

 ground, might be attended with In- 

 convenience, the Walks quite round 

 the Tan-bed may be funk a Foot or 

 eighteen Inches below the Top of 

 the Bed ; which will admit of the 

 Stove being built fo much lower ; 

 for if there is H ight for a Perfon to 

 walk under the Glaffes, it wiil be as 

 much as is required : but as the 

 Flues, when returned four times 

 againft the Back- wall, w ill rife near 

 feven Feet ; fo the Bottom of the 

 lower Flue (houid be on the fame 

 Level with the Walk, to admit of 

 room enough for the Whole under 

 the Roof. Over the upright Glaffes 

 there muft be a Range of floping 

 ClafTes, which muft run to join the 



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Roof ; which mould come fo far 

 from the Back-wall, as to cover the 

 Flues, and the Walk behind the 

 Tan-pit ; for if the Hoping Glaffes 

 are of Length fufficient to reach, 

 nearly over the Bed, the Plants will 

 require no more Light ; therefore 

 thefe Glaffes mould not be longer 

 than is abfolutely neceffary, which 

 will render them more manageable 

 than when they are longer : but the 

 annexed Plan will render this more 

 intelligible than any written De- 

 fer) ption can do. 



The other Sort of Stove, which is 

 defign'd for railing of young Plants, 

 until they are of a proper Size to 

 produce Fruit, need not be built fo 

 high as the former ; therefore there 

 will not be wanting any upright 

 Glaffes in the Front ; but the Frames 

 may be made in one Slope, as in the 

 annexed Pian : indeed, of late Years, 

 many Perfons have made Tan- beds, 

 with two Flues running thro' the 

 Back-wall, to warm the Air in Win- 

 ter : and thefe Beds have been co- 

 vered with Glaffes, made in the fame 

 manner as thoiVfor common Hot- 

 bed?, but larger : thefe were con- 

 trived to fave Expence, and have in 

 many Places anfwered the Intention: 

 but to thefe there are feveral Obje- 

 ctions : i That of having no Paffage 

 into them ; fo that the Glaffes muft 

 be taken off, when the Plants want 

 Water, iz'c. 2. The Damps very 

 often rife in theWinter-feafon,wheti 

 the Glaffes are clofely fhut, which 

 often proves very injurious to the 

 Plants: 3. There is Danger of the 

 Tan taking Fire, where there is not 

 great Care taken that it doih not lie 

 near the Flues ; fo that altho' the 

 fmall Stoves here propofed re- 

 quire mere Expence in their Build- 

 ing ; yet being greatly preferable 

 to thofe Pits, and the after Expence 

 being the fame, they will be found 



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