Archive image from page 306 of A dictionary of modern gardening. A dictionary of modern gardening . dictionaryofmode01john Year: 1847 HOT 311 HOT either separately or conjointly. For the purpose of supplying soft water for the plants, I have placed a slate cistern at one end of the pit, in order to collect the rain water from the roof. The soil, if permitted to come in contact with the iron troughs, would, of necessity, be- come dried and totally unfit for the roots of any plant: with a view to ob- viate this, I have placed rough flint or other stones over the bottom of the bed and round the
Archive image from page 306 of A dictionary of modern gardening. A dictionary of modern gardening . dictionaryofmode01john Year: 1847 HOT 311 HOT either separately or conjointly. For the purpose of supplying soft water for the plants, I have placed a slate cistern at one end of the pit, in order to collect the rain water from the roof. The soil, if permitted to come in contact with the iron troughs, would, of necessity, be- come dried and totally unfit for the roots of any plant: with a view to ob- viate this, I have placed rough flint or other stones over the bottom of the bed and round the troughs to prevent im- mediate contact, and at the same time to admit of a more uniform diffusion of heat over the bottom of the pit, so that the soil which rests upon it may be more regularly heated. The other ad- vantage and conveniences of this pit will be apparent from the above plan and section without further remark.'— Gard. Chron. Hot-house.—A hot-water system of heating this structure has been thus de- tailed by an anonymous writer. Fig. 89. 'It will be seen that there is a parti- tion across the house, dividing off about Fig. 90.
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