300 On render mg Garden-Slicks durable. 
metals. The mode 1 have adopted ha^; also the advantage of giving 
some labour to the neighbourhood, instead of employing worknaen from 
London. 
My name is unnecessary as I give the address from whence 1 ob- 
tained my materials, Messrs. Graham and Sons, Iron-Wharf, Ti-ig- 
Lane, Thames Street. I therefore only subscribe myself, 
Your well wisher, 
P. T. (). 
Co.ST of fitting a Forcing Flower House, the back flue being re- 
tained, and the hot-water ]>ipes traversing only the east end and the 
front ; the delivery pipe and the return pipe being of the same diameter. 
£. .. d. 
Round boiler, 2 8 9 
18 yards 4 inches round pipe (a> 4.v. 3d. 3 16 6 
Elbow instead of cistern, 8 G 
Country smith, fixing joints, &c., 2 
Country bricklayer, setting boiler, &c.,' about. ... 3 
£11 13 9 
Cost of a Conservatory, about 55 feet long ; the delivery and return 
pijtes of the same diameter, and placed one below the other, the length 
of the house. 
£. ,. d. 
Square boiler, 5 13 11 
Square cistern, 1 13 9 
34 yards 4 inches pipe @ 4.s. 3d., 7 4 6 
Country smith, as above, 4 2 
Country bricklayer, about 4 
£22 14 2 
If more heat is required, a double length of delivery pij)e would 
cause additional expense of 
£. s. d. 
17 yards 4 inches pipe (a), 4s. 3^/., 3 12 3 
Smith, joints and fixing, 2 
Article VIII. — On rendering Garden Sticks durable. By. 
Mr. W. Claughton, of Chesterfield. 
Gentlemen, 
As the durability of Garden Sticks is a consideration with 
many of your readers, perhaps the following may not be too trifling 
to insert in your Magazine. Mr. Claughton, of Hasland, has in his 
