The gardenette; . s of north-ers or sudden cold snaps. The machines are heated with common kerosene lamps, at a cost, onan average, of two cents for each twenty-four hours. Usually very littlefire will be needed, except during cloudy, cold, and windy days, and chillynights, and by simply lighting the lamps, the plants can be safely carried overspells of unfavorable weather. 15 DESCRIPTION. Ilic Ilaiil Incuhator consists of a cubical box, two tcct in dimensionseach way, with a roomy door on one side. This box forms the lamp top is open. A i>iece of sheet iron, as wide as inside o
The gardenette; . s of north-ers or sudden cold snaps. The machines are heated with common kerosene lamps, at a cost, onan average, of two cents for each twenty-four hours. Usually very littlefire will be needed, except during cloudy, cold, and windy days, and chillynights, and by simply lighting the lamps, the plants can be safely carried overspells of unfavorable weather. 15 DESCRIPTION. Ilic Ilaiil Incuhator consists of a cubical box, two tcct in dimensionseach way, with a roomy door on one side. This box forms the lamp top is open. A i>iece of sheet iron, as wide as inside of box, and fourinches longer, has two inches turned uj) at right angles at each end. Thissheet iron is tacked to inside of box so that it will be held in place, two inchesbelow the top of the box. The sheet iron receives and distributes the heatfrom the lamp beneath. The lamp should be so i>laced that the top of the chinmey is four inchesbeneath the iron. Cleats are nailed on outside of box, above the door, and. Plant Incubator, Out-of-doors—Cover Removed. on outside opposite, to support the hot-air chamber, which is made of twoboards six feet long, and six inches wide, boarded over the ends and bottom,except where it is slipped over the top of the lamp chamber. This shouldfit snugly, or there will be much loss of heat. It is ])est to line the entireinside of both lamp chamber, and hot-air chamber, with cheap asbestospaper. A small hole must be provided near the bottom for ingress offresh air, or the lamps will not burn well. Three flats or shallow boxes, four inches deep, and -24 x -^t) inches insize, will furnish (he cover. 16 Fill the flats with rich compost, mixed with fine sand, and as soon asthe soil becomes mildly warm, they are ready for planting. The lamps heat the diaphragm of sheet iron above, this in turn impartsits warmth to the hot-air chamber, and penetrates the soil in the flats above. The flats should have three inches of soil. In this plants will thrivewo
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