. The book of the garden. Gardening. Fig. be apparent to every one. Steam, if re- quired, may at any time be obtained by opening the doors at which access is pro- cured to the apertures for increasing or diminishing the circulation of the ; The following will explain the figure : " a represents the boiler, &c.; I flow and return pipes ; c stoke-hole ; d plug-holes for stopping the circulation of hot water, if bottom heat is required only for one house, or for part of one house; e, doors for getting access to the plug-holes, and also available for steaming the house ;
. The book of the garden. Gardening. Fig. be apparent to every one. Steam, if re- quired, may at any time be obtained by opening the doors at which access is pro- cured to the apertures for increasing or diminishing the circulation of the ; The following will explain the figure : " a represents the boiler, &c.; I flow and return pipes ; c stoke-hole ; d plug-holes for stopping the circulation of hot water, if bottom heat is required only for one house, or for part of one house; e, doors for getting access to the plug-holes, and also available for steaming the house ; h, potting ; The house is 51 feet 9 inches long, 11A feet wide, and 6 feet 9 inches high under the ridge. Corbet fs system of open pipe or tank heating.—This method, for which Mr Corbett took out a patent in 1839, seems little, if at all different, from that de- scribed by Dr Neill in the article " Hor- ticulture," in the " Encyclopaedia Brit- annica," as practised as early as 1832 by Mr Smith, in the gardens of the Earl of Hopetoun, and also exemplified much about the same time by Mr Jones of Bir- mingham, in the nursery of Mr Knight, at Chelsea. As a mode of heating, it has its advantages. The troughs used by Mr Corbett in the nurseries of Messrs Lucombe and Pince, at Exeter, and which Mr Pince pointed out to us last year, and. 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 McIntosh, Charles, 1794-1864. Edinburgh and London, W. Blackwood
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