. A dictionary of modern gardening. Gardening. HOT 310 —?— HOT which goes round the pit. There are cavities in the wall to permit the steam from below to pass to the top of the pit. The aperture to these can be closed at pleasure, thus insuring a per- fect command over the moisture of the atmosphere. There is a chamber which formerly contained a flue belonging to the house that occupied the place of the one I am now describing. This chamber has been left with the view of its being useful for filling with hot dung either for the purpose of assisting to maintain the heat of the house, or for des
. A dictionary of modern gardening. Gardening. HOT 310 —?— HOT which goes round the pit. There are cavities in the wall to permit the steam from below to pass to the top of the pit. The aperture to these can be closed at pleasure, thus insuring a per- fect command over the moisture of the atmosphere. There is a chamber which formerly contained a flue belonging to the house that occupied the place of the one I am now describing. This chamber has been left with the view of its being useful for filling with hot dung either for the purpose of assisting to maintain the heat of the house, or for destroying insects. The tanks and pipes cannot both be worked at the same time, but they are fitted with stop-cocks, so that either can be work- ed at pleasure, and a few hours in the middle of the day, when the pipes are not wanted, is found amply sufficient to keep up the bottom-heat, as the mass of material when once heated retains its heat for a considerable ;— Gard. Chron. Melon and Cucumber Pit.— For this, Mr. Glendinning, the scientific nursery- man, of Turnham Green, has given the following plans and description. Fig. 87. JZleuatlon, of the Tine A A. 2 3 4- S \/0J?F --^~^-_Z==.-^>=_»» SxfcrZ^O. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Johnson, George William, 1802-1886; Landreth, David. Philadelphia, Lea and Blanchard
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