. A dictionary of modern gardening. Gardening. HOT Fig. 86. 308 —?— HOT. surrounded by nine inch brick work. One half of this is filled longitudinally with dung at the commencement, which, if kept close shut up, will last twelve or eighteen days, according to the quality of the dung. As the heat declines, the other side is filled, and the temperature is further sustained by additions to the top of both as the mass settles. When this united heat becomes insufficient, the side first filled being cleared, the old manure must be mixed with some fresh, and replaced, this being repeated alter- natel
. A dictionary of modern gardening. Gardening. HOT Fig. 86. 308 —?— HOT. surrounded by nine inch brick work. One half of this is filled longitudinally with dung at the commencement, which, if kept close shut up, will last twelve or eighteen days, according to the quality of the dung. As the heat declines, the other side is filled, and the temperature is further sustained by additions to the top of both as the mass settles. When this united heat becomes insufficient, the side first filled being cleared, the old manure must be mixed with some fresh, and replaced, this being repeated alter- nately to either heap as often as neces- sary. A A, are the doors, two of which are on each side for the admission of the dung. They are two and a half feet square, fitted into grooves at the bottom, aud fastened by means of a pin and staple at the top. B B, are small areas sunk in front, surrounded by a curb of wood ; G G G, are bars passing longi- tudinally as a guide and support in pack- ing the dung; C, represents a bar of cast-iron, two inches wide and three quarters of an inch thick, placed on the edge of which there is a row, a foot asunder across the chamber to support a layer of small wood branches and leaves, H, for the pupose of sustaining the soil, K, in the upper chamber ; E E, represents the orifices of which there are a series all round the pit, communi- cating with the flue F F F, which sur- rounds the beds: the exterior wall of this flue is built with bricks laid flat, the inner one of bricks set on edge. The flue is two inches wide, and for the sake of strength, bricks are passed occa- sionally from side to side as ties. The top of the flue, and the internal part of the wall, which rises at the back and front to the level the earth is meant to stand, are covered with tiles, over the joints of which slips of slate bedded in mortar are laid to prevent the escape of the steam of the dung; T, represents one of two plugs, which stop holes left to regulate the heat a
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