. The practical fruit, flower and vegetable gardener's companion, with calendar. Gardening. STEAM, SQo veyed away. A more detailed description may be found in the London Horticultural Transactions, vol. iii. Steam is sometimes employed to furnish bottom heat. In the garden of Mr. Sturge, near Bath, a shallow cistern of water is heated by a steam-pipe, in the manner exhibit- ed the two following figures. - The cistern is covered with pavement, over which is a bed of small stones, then ashes or sand, into which the pots containing plants are to be plunged. Fig. Steam has also been employed
. The practical fruit, flower and vegetable gardener's companion, with calendar. Gardening. STEAM, SQo veyed away. A more detailed description may be found in the London Horticultural Transactions, vol. iii. Steam is sometimes employed to furnish bottom heat. In the garden of Mr. Sturge, near Bath, a shallow cistern of water is heated by a steam-pipe, in the manner exhibit- ed the two following figures. - The cistern is covered with pavement, over which is a bed of small stones, then ashes or sand, into which the pots containing plants are to be plunged. Fig. Steam has also been employed to heat flues. The fol- lowing figure represents a side view and section of a flue filled with small stones or broken bricks, and heated by Fig. 26. means of a small steam-pipe passing along the lower part. 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 Neill, Patrick, 1776-1851; Emerson, G. (Gouvernour), 1796-1874, ed; Pardee, R. G. (Richard Gay), 1811-1869. New York, C. M. Saxton & Co.
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