THE AMATEUR’S FLOWER GARDEN. 
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is sunk “below the ground level, in a pit at the end, as indicated 
by the dotted lines, which communicates with a flue running 
along the inside of the front wall to the chimney. A movable 
brick should be let in at a and b, for the purpose of cleaning 
the flue. A common furnace, such as is used for a small 
copper, will do; and the furnace-pit should be covered with a 
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folding lid. On the top of the pit-walls is a wood sill, 4| 
inches by 2J inches, and cross-bars to slide the lights upon; 
the whole covered with three well-glazed lights. The plant 
stage inside the pit may consist of simple boards, which can 
be raised or lowered, according to the wants of the plants, by 
placing them on blocks of wood. 
The figures on page 48 represent a suitable pit designed 
in detail in order to simplify the labour of production. It is 
estimated that the whole cost should not exceed £25, and, 
when carried out, would form a complete multum in parvo for 
the gardening amateur. Fig. 1 represents the ground-plan 
and section of warm-pit, in the back of which is a path, Jc y a 
bed for tan or leaves, a, in which roses, lilacs, azaleas, rhodo¬ 
dendrons as well as a supply of hyacinths, narcissus, etc., 
may be forced during the dull months of winter; and in 
summer, achimenes, gloxinias, and many of our finest stove- 
plants may be grown, as well as a few pots of strawberries on 
