AMERICAN AGRICULTURIST. 
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1801 .J 
give a slight, though imperceptible current to 
the entire mass oi water. It will readily be seen 
that there is very little loss of heat. The water 
is all around the lire, ami it absorbs most ol the 
heat, while in the flow and return pipes, and 
in the resorvoir, all the heat not actually 
given out into the green-house, is returned in¬ 
to the boiler again. The reservoir, T, is open at 
the top, with a cover over it, and it serves a triple 
purpose: first as an opening to pour in water to 
fill the boiler and pipes; second as a radiator ot 
heat similar to the pipes; and third as a safety 
valve, for should the heat ever rise so high as to 
endanger the bursting of the pipes, there is an 
escape through the loose cover of the reservoir. 
In practice, the reservoir, T, is placed in the 
most distant part of the room to be warmed, as 
shown in fig. 13. The flow pipe/, and the return 
pipe r, are made as long as required to furnish 
Fig. 13.—PLAN OF HEATING A GREEN-HOUSE. 
a large amount of radiating surface. These pipes 
may be carried along one side, one above the 
other; or one may run along one side of the 
green-house, and then back along the other 
side. Or the flow pipe may -branch, one part 
running along the east side, and the other along 
the west side, and then the one or more return 
pipes come back along the middle; or vice versa , 
one or two flow pipes may ruh along the middle 
and the return pipes come from the reservoir, 
back along the two sides of the house. The flow 
pipes will, of course, need to be kept a little 
higher than the return pipes. Or, again, the 
smoke flue S , may be of brick, or iron, or pipe 
tile as described last month, and run along 
the center of the house, while the flow and return 
pipes may run along the sides. Indeed, they 
are scarcely arranged alike in any two houses. 
It is desirable that the furnace itself should be 
outside of the house, so as to have the doors of 
the fire and ash vaults open outside , to keep ash¬ 
es and dirt away from the plants. We have 
seen a furnace placed in a deep vault, or pit, at 
some distance from the green-house. Tiiere is ; 
economy of heat in placing the entire heating 
apparatus just within the wall, but keeping the 
doors on the outside. There is more danger of 
fire, than when the furnace is entirely outside, 
away from the house, but less heat lost. Those 
purchasing furnaces should be careful to get the 
best, as many of the older, and some of the 
newer, are difficult to manage and keep in repair. 
Simple Method of Striking Rose Cuttings. 
Rusticus ” describes his plan of striking 
roses in a late number of the Gardeners’ Chron¬ 
icle, as follows: “I have been in the habit, for 
some years, of striking roses in what appears to 
me a much more simple way than is described 
in your paper of the 5th inst. At any time of 
the year, when they are to be procured, I take 
cuttings of any sorts of roses I want to propa¬ 
gate, (Moss included,) and cut the half ripened 
wood into lengths of two eyes. I remove the 
bottom leaf, leaving the top one to rest upon the 
surface of the bed and nourish the cutting while 
it forms its roots. The hot-bed (a very slight 
one) in which I plant the cuttings, is made thus: 
On the top of a little manure, just enough to give 
a slight bottom heat, I place 6 inches of earth, 
moistened to the consistency of mortar, then 
cover with white sand, and set in the cuttings. 
I have occasionally struck every cutting, while 
99 out of 100 are an average result.” 
Socks for Soldiers and Others—The Government or Army “Regulation” Pattern. 
GdF’THE engraving is just one third THE SIZE. 
fi&fla-ectloBas.—a—Put 24 stitches on each needle, 
of yarn, No. 20—or 20 stitches of yarn No. 22. 
l >—Length of the ribbing. 
c —Put 2 more stitches on the heel than on front. 
d —Narrow every other time until there are two 
less stitches on the foot than on the ankle. 
e —Widen every 4 stitches, as you take up the foot. 
/—Narrow 5 times on each side of seam after knit¬ 
ting as many times across as there are stitches on. 
g, h, i — One. quarter of the socks to be 101 inches 
long in the foot; me half of them to be 10 inches 
long, and one quarter of them to be 9| inches long. 
k —The yarn to be any color but white. Coarse 
grey yarn is the cheapest. One pound makes four 
pairs. The socks, if for government purchase, must 
weigh at least i lb. Use needles No. 15. 
We have received from Government, a large sheet 
giving the outline form of Army Socks, full size. 
As the subject is one of interest to the lady readers 
of the American Agriculturist, both those who are pa¬ 
triotically disposed to supply one or more pairs of 
socks for the' soldiers, and those who knit socks for 
their own families, we have prepared the accom¬ 
panying engraving, which is an exact copy 
of the pattern furnished us, but is reduced 
in all its parts to just one-third of the 
size required. Thus, the length 
from the top to the bottom of the 
heel is to be 13 inches, or three 
times the length of our engrav¬ 
ing ; and other parts are to be 
enlarged three times in like man 
ner.—A sample of gray yarn, 
No. 20, accompanies the direc¬ 
tions ; but we can not represent it, nor is this ne¬ 
cessary,as the number (20,or 22) indicates the size. 
The directions above, are those furnished. The 
instructions in regard to the size of yarn and 
rteedles are not imperative, but should be con¬ 
formed to as far as practicable. Yarn heavier 
than the sample, rather than lighter, should be 
preferred. Those desiring the full size patterns 
can obtain them without charge by addressing 
John I. Hinchman & Co., No. 26 Vesey-street, 
New-York City. Accompanying the Directions 
and Pattern, we have received the following: 
“ TO THE WOMEN OF AMERICA. 
The Sanitary Commission having on the 30th 
September last, with the approval of President 
Lincoln and Lieutenant-General Scott, made an 
appeal to the Women of the Loyal States for 
articles necessary for the comfort of our Army 
in the field during the winter months—we here¬ 
with furnish specifications for those who may' 
be disposed to knit Woolen Socks or Stockings 
for that purpose. 
Articles furnished in compliance with this ap¬ 
peal, may be forwarded through the Women s 
Central Relief Association, Cooper Union, No. 
10 Third-avenue, New-York; or through the 
Quartermaster’s Office, No. 6 State-st, New 
York City, (Col. D. D. Tompkins.)” 
Sad-Iron—Flat-Iron—Smoothing-Iron.— 
These three names are all applied to the same 
household implement. The second is in most 
common use, but the first has the authority ot 
refined society, and is now so frequently used 
among all classes, that no one adopting it, need 
fear the taunt of “ using big words.” We propose 
that all drop the terms Flat-Iron, and Smooth¬ 
ing-Iron, which are applied to several other 
mechanical instruments, and for the household 
implement use the word “ Sad-Iron ” only. 
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A Housekeeper on “Hard Times.” 
“Hard times” slioul be represented as a 
woman with a sieve in her hand, or better still, 
perhaps, a man turning the wheel of a fanning 
mill. First go into the capacious hopper, all 
the more expensive articles of the wardrobe, 
dresses, bonnets, hats, caps, coats, etc., etc.—per¬ 
haps some expensive crinoline finds its way 
through, and all are thrown by the relentless 
fan, far beyond the reach of the luckless victim 
of “ Hard times.” 
Next go in certain dishes of edibles from the 
table; then the hired help disappear in a bunch. 
The loss of all these, however, has been viewed 
with comparative indifference, but now we are 
bringing sundry newspapers, periodicals, chil¬ 
dren’s books, etc., giving them into the grasp of 
“ Hard times,” with manifest reluctance. We 
retain our hold upon our favorite magazine for 
some time, and perchance some tears are shed 
over it, before we relinquish it to see it flying 
away upon the wings of the wind, along with all 
the rest of the “ can-get-along-withouts,” among 
which you may read : “ Hopes of a sewing ma¬ 
chine.” In the small measure of “must-haves'’ 
