Appendix] 



On a Stove for Tropical Plants. 



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the tan-pit and the wall, EF, form the sides of the flue at this part; 

 it then passes along the front wall, FG, of the house, and along the 

 eastern end, GH, and dips under the pathway at H, rising again 

 at K, to a level with the tan-pit ; and being continued along within 

 the wall, KT, goes into the the chimney, L, over the fire-place. The 

 passage, or pathway, does not go entirely round, being only at 

 the front, IM, on one side, MH, and at the back, HT, close to 

 the wall, which is carried up flush to the top of the house; but 

 this was done because, at first, a return was made in the flue at 

 this part of it ; the thickness might now, however, be reduced 

 above the flue, so as to admit of plants standing there, and of a 

 shelf above it. On the side, GH, and front, GF, by the path- 

 way, the plants stand on a frame work over the flue ; on the 

 other side, FE, where the pit joins to the brick work of the flue, 

 plants are also placed, but here would be an excellent position 

 for a cistern for aquatics. A small shelf is erected across the ga- 

 ble, on each side, from the doors to the front windows, along 

 which, at a convenient distance from the sloping sashes, another 

 shelf is fixed, and wires are carried horizontally under the glass 

 of the roof, on which creepers are trained ; the tan-pit is four feet 

 deep, and measures over the surface, in the inside, 12 feet 6 

 inches by 5 feet 9 inches. Of the five sloping lights in the front, 

 OP, two only are moveable ; the back slope, ON, is glazed, a 

 most essential point for the welfare of the plants, which are not 

 in consequence drawn forward, in search of light, but grow in 

 an upright direction. The upright front lights slide, and one of 

 the end divisions takes out, to facilitate the removal of large 

 plants. 



