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[Appendix. 



II. Description of a Stove used for Tropical Plants, in the Garden 

 of Sir Abraham Hume, Bart, at JVormleybury , Herts. By 

 Joseph Sabine, Esq. F. R. S. fyc. fyc. Secretary. 



Read August 5, 1817. 



I am induced to lay the annexed plan of a stove, principally used 

 for tropical plants, at Wormleybury, before the Horticultural So- 

 ciety, not that there is any thing peculiarly novel in its structure ; 

 but because it is admirably adapted to the purposes for which it 

 was designed, and being of small dimensions (the outside measure 

 being only 17 feet 9 inches by 12 feet six inches) the construction 

 of a similar one will be attended with but trifling expense to those 

 who may be desirous of cultivating a few of the plants, which are 

 natives of the warmer parts of our globe. 



The subjects of that description which any individual, unless 

 he be a general collector, may wish to possess, are not very nume- 

 rous; in such cases a small stove is much preferable to one of 

 larger dimensions, and the peculiar success of Sir Abraham 

 Hume's gardener, in the management of these exotics, is a 

 proof that the diminution of size is no impediment to the well 

 doing of the plants ; and the temperature being always at from 

 65 to 70 degrees of Fahrenheit's scale, shews that a sufficient 

 heat may be maintained in that space. 



The annexed plan and elevation, with the following details, will, 

 I hope, be a sufficient guide to any intelligent workman, in the 

 construction of a similar building. There are doors at each end; 

 the fire is made in a shed, ABCD. at the back ; the flue is carried 

 from the stove, Q, through the wall, QT, under the chimney, L, and 

 pathway, T, whence it rises to the height of the tan-pit ; the end of 



