. The book of the garden. Gardening. large pots has now become somewhat popular. Amongst the first and most successful operators in this way was Mr Stafford, who describes his practice and structure in "The Horticultural Regis- ter " as follows :—" The plan itself will require little explanation, being of very simple construction. The flues (a) under the pit will heat the air-chamber (b) to a very high degree. This heat should always be applied so as to act as a reserve, and be admitted into the house occasionally, as may be required, through apertures in the back and front wall
. The book of the garden. Gardening. large pots has now become somewhat popular. Amongst the first and most successful operators in this way was Mr Stafford, who describes his practice and structure in "The Horticultural Regis- ter " as follows :—" The plan itself will require little explanation, being of very simple construction. The flues (a) under the pit will heat the air-chamber (b) to a very high degree. This heat should always be applied so as to act as a reserve, and be admitted into the house occasionally, as may be required, through apertures in the back and front walls of the pit. The same flues return under the back walk, and likewise in the back wall; and, from having such a quantity of heated masonry, you may calculate upon a certainty with regard to the heat of the house, let the external air be what it may. I have," he says, " so economised the heat of a house here, that I have often, in the winter months, had no fire for three weeks together, and have always had pine plants at the same time in the ; We think Mr Stafford's retention of heat might be improved by filling the chamber b over and around the flues with small stones, which, when heated, would retain it longer than the air, as at present. " It will be unnecessary," he says, (and what I should by no means recommend) "to fill the pit with bark during the time the vine pots stand in it, but they should be placed in rows in the pit, on the back curb and shelf, putting a feeder (or pan) under each pot—as the success will greatly depend on the proper application of water at the different periods of the season. In the front it is intended to have vines to supply the rafters, which might be brought to vegetate some time before the pots were ready to remove; and by planting them in the border in front of the house, and with apertures to allow the outer air to enter under the partition, the vines will, without diffi- culty, remain torpid till May.
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