The Gardener's magazine and register of rural & domestic improvement . , we would suggestcarrying it out by main pipes and branch pipes, all slopingfrom the apparatus, with returning branch pipes and mainsfor the condensed water, all having an inclination to theapparatus. There ought to be two steam-boilers, each of di-mensions to heat the whole structure, and each connected withthe same main tubes; so that, if at any time one of themwere out of order, the other might instantly be set to the pathways there might be cast-iron cisterns indifferent places, to receive the rain water fro
The Gardener's magazine and register of rural & domestic improvement . , we would suggestcarrying it out by main pipes and branch pipes, all slopingfrom the apparatus, with returning branch pipes and mainsfor the condensed water, all having an inclination to theapparatus. There ought to be two steam-boilers, each of di-mensions to heat the whole structure, and each connected withthe same main tubes; so that, if at any time one of themwere out of order, the other might instantly be set to the pathways there might be cast-iron cisterns indifferent places, to receive the rain water from the roof; andthese cisterns might be heated by the steam-pipes. At thesame time, the water in the central cistern over the steamapparatus will never be very cold, and might easily be raisedto a sufficient temperature for immediate use in the hot-houses,by the introduction of steam from a pipe below. E E 3 422 Descrij:fiv>i (j a l)tsig)ijhr the Fig. 76. is a desiirn whiclx might, if expense were not anobject, be substituted hvfg. 75. In it the wliole of the area. (about an acre) is covered with a conical roofofghiss, 200 diameter at the base, and 100 ft. hi^h in the centre. Tiieplan shows the area laid out in concentric beds and walks:with radiatinjr walks, and four radiating partitions to separate Birmingham Botanical Hortiailtural Garden. 423 the four climates. In the centre is a circular partition ofglass from the bottom of the roof, the interior of which is30 ft. in diameter. Here might be planted the most rapidlygrowing and tallest of the tropical trees; their trunks andbranches being clothed with epiphytes and climbers, and theground covered with ferns: hi all probability the Rafflesmmight grow in such a situation. Round the inner side of thisglass partition it is proposed to conduct a windmg mclmedplane from the ground to the upper gallery of the the section {Jig. 76.) this inclined plane is shown at a a, &c.,together with the galleries radiating f
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