300 
On rendering Garden-Sticks durable. 
metals. The mode 1 have adopted has also the advantage of giving 
some labour to the neighbourhood, instead of employing workmen from 
London. 
My name is unnecessary as I give the address from whence 1 ob¬ 
tained my materials, Messrs. Graham and Sons, Iron-Wharf, Trig- 
Lane, Thames Street. I therefore only subscribe myself. 
Your well wisher, 
P. T. O. 
Cost of fitting a Forcing Flower House, the back flue being re¬ 
tained, and the hot-water pipes 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 @ 4i'. 3</.,. 3 16 6 
Elbow instead of cistern,. 0 8 6 ‘ 
Country smith, fixing joints, &c.,. 2 0 0 
Country bricklayer, setting boiler, &c.,’ about.... 3 0 0 
£11 13 9 
Cost of a Conservatory, about 55 feet long; the delivery and return 
])ipes of the same diameter, and placed one below the other, the length 
of the house. 
£. s. d. 
Square boiler,. 5 13 11 
Square cistern, .. 1 13 9 
34 yards 4 inches pipe @ 46-, 3d., . 7 4 6 
Country smith, as above,. 4 2 0 
Country bricklayer, about.. 4 0 0 
£22 14 2 
If more heat is required, a double length of delivery pipe would 
cause additional expense of 
17 yards 4 inches pipe @ 4a‘. 3d,, . 3 12 3 
Smith, joints and fixing,.. 2 0 0 
Article VIII .—On rendering Garden Sticks durable. ]3y 
Mr. W. Claughton, of Chesterfield. 
Gentlemen, 
x\s the durability of Garden Sticks is a consideration with 
many of your readers, perhaps tlie following may not be too trifling 
to insert in your Magazine. Mr. Claughton, of Hasland, has in his 
