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fo much more convenient, as to ren- 

 der them more general where this 

 Fruit is cultivated. 



Where there is no Danger of the 

 Wet fettling about the Tan in Win- 

 ter, the Bark-pit may be funk two 

 Feet deep in the Ground, and raifed 

 one Foot above the Surface : the 

 enly Walk which is neceflary in 

 thefe Stoves, is that on the Back of 

 the Tan-bed, which may be on the 

 Level with the Surface of the 

 <jround ; fo that the Tan- bed will 

 be raifed one Foot higher ; and the 

 Flues beginningfrom theWalk,there 

 will be room to return them three 

 times ; which vvili warm the Air 

 much more with the fameFire,than 

 when they are carried but twice the 

 Length of the Stove. 



But in wet Land the Tan-bed 

 fhouid be wholly raifed above the 

 Level of the Ground, in order to 

 preferve the Tan from being chill'd 

 by Moifture ; and in fuch Phces 

 theVValk on theBack mould be raif- 

 ed near two Feet above the Level of 

 the Ground ; becaufe the Tan- bed 

 Should not .rife much move than one 

 Foot above the Walk 5 for if it is 

 higher, it will be more difficult to 

 xeach the Plants when they require 

 Water : the Brick-wall of the Pit, 

 on the Side next the Walk, need not 

 be more than four Inches thick, fo 

 jfar as rifes above the Walk ; but be- 

 low that, it (hculd be nine Inches 

 thick : the Reafon for reducing the 

 Wall above, is to gain room Jor the 

 Walk, which would orherwife be 

 too much contracted; and if there 

 is a Ki rb of Oak laid on the Top of 

 the leur-inch Wall, it will fee u re the 

 Bricks from being difplaced, and 

 lufEciently ftrengthen the Wall ; 

 which, being but one Foot above 

 the Walk, will not be in any Dan- 

 ger of falling; and on thisKirb there 

 may be two or three upright iron 



Bars fix'd withClaivs, to fupport the 

 Crown piece of Timber, which will 

 fecure it from hanging in the Mid- 

 dle, which, in a great Length, is 

 very often the Cafe, where there are 

 no Supports placed under it : there 

 may be more or lefs of thefe Bars, 

 according to theLength of the Stove; 

 but if they are at about ten Feet 

 afunder, it will be near enough : if 

 thefe iron Bars are one Inch fquare, 

 they will be ftrong enough to anfwer 

 the Defign. 



But as it is hoped, that the annex- 

 ed Plan of this fmall Stove will con- 

 vey a clear Idea of the whole Con- 

 trivance ; this will render it unne- 

 celTary to add any farther Descrip- 

 tion here. 



STRAMONIUM, Thorn-apple. 

 The Characlers are; 



The Floiver conjijis of one Leaf, 

 jhofd like a Funnel, and cut into Je- 

 <veral Segments : out of the Flonver- 

 cup rifes the Pointal, which, when 

 the Floiver decays, becomes a roundijb 

 Fruit, arind,for the mojl part, <v:ilh 

 Jharp 7 horns, and divided into four 

 Cells form'd hy a Partition, difpofd 

 in the Figure of a Crofs, furnijh'd 

 with four Placental, or nutritive 

 Membranes, to which federal kidney- 

 Jhap^d Seeds adhere. 

 The Species are ; 



1. Stramonium fruclu fpinofa 

 rotunda, fiore albo fimplici. /cum. 

 Thorn-apple with a round prickly 

 Fruit, and afingle white Flower. 



2. Stramonium fruclu fpinoft 

 cblongo, caule& fiore <violaceo. Boerh. 

 Ind. Thorn-apple with a longiih 

 prickly Fruit, and violet - colour'd 

 Stalks and Flowers. 



3. Stramonium ferox. Boccon. 

 Thorn apple with very long lharp 

 Prickles. 



4 . Stramonium American urn mi- 

 nus, alkektngi folio, Tourn. LefiVr 



American 



