. The book of the garden. Gardening. PINERIES. 337 modern date in this country. We be- lieve the first who successfully established this practice was M. Lang, gardener to the King of Bavaria, a notice of which will be found in the fifth volume of the " Gardeners' ; Underneath the pines are planted rhubarb and sea- kale ; the other compartment is well adapted for cucumbers and melons. The compost is laid on slates supported on timber, which lie across the pipes. The slates are 2 feet wide ; between each is a vacuity, for tying and earthing up the plants. Underneath the slates
. The book of the garden. Gardening. PINERIES. 337 modern date in this country. We be- lieve the first who successfully established this practice was M. Lang, gardener to the King of Bavaria, a notice of which will be found in the fifth volume of the " Gardeners' ; Underneath the pines are planted rhubarb and sea- kale ; the other compartment is well adapted for cucumbers and melons. The compost is laid on slates supported on timber, which lie across the pipes. The slates are 2 feet wide ; between each is a vacuity, for tying and earthing up the plants. Underneath the slates is grown asparagus, which answers admirably. In the summer, when no top heat is wanted, the pipes at e, on fig. 455, are plugged up, and the hot water all passes under the chamber, to supply the bottom heat for the pines. The flow-pipe from the boiler to e is to be covered with a slab, (see I on section,) or it may be covered with sand in the summer ; and if kept moist it will give out a fine humidity to the plants. The water is heated by a common round, open-top, 35-gallon boiler: the price is from sixpence to sevenpence per gallon. The flue is surrounded with a cavity, (see o,) into which cold air is admitted through an aperture above the furnace door: it passes over the boiler, and enters the house above the flow-pipe; thus a cur- rent of external air is passing into the house continually, quite moist and warm when it enters the house. So great is the command of moisture, that both bot- tom and top heat may be kept saturated if required. So economically may such a stove be erected, that a tolerable house might be completed for .£30, sufficiently large for an ;—Culture of the Pine Apple. References to plan and section: a cham- ber ; b pillars to support iron bars j c pillars to support the roof; d pipes; e reservoirs ; f path ; g door ; h apertures to let heat out of the chamber when re- quired ; i lead pipes, with three perfora- tions, to water over the slat
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