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Show ST fhould be plac’d near the upper Part ofthe Furnace, and made to fhutas clofe as poffible, fo that there may but little of the Heat pafs off thro’ it. This Furnace fhould be about twenty Inches deep, and twenty Inches fquare at Bottom, but may be flop’d off on every Side, fo as to be two Feet fquare at the Top; and under this Furnace fhould be a Place for the Afhes to fall into, which fhould be about a Foot deep, andas wide as the Bottomof the Furnace ; this fhould alfo have an Iron Door to fhut as clofe as poffible ; but juft over the Ath-Hole, above the Bars which fupport the Fuel, fhould be a fquare Hole about four Inches wide, to let in Air to mz the Fire burn; this muft alfo have an Iron Frame, and a Door to fhut clofe whenthe Fire is perfectly lighted, which will make the Fuel laft the Jonger, and the Heat will be more moderate. The Top of this Furnace fhould be nearly equal to the Top of the Bark-bed, that the loweft Flue may be above the Fire, fo that there maybe a greater Draught forthe Smoak, and the Furnace fhould be cover’d witha large Tron Plate, clofely cementedto the Brick-work, to prevent the Smoak from getting out; And you fhould be very careful, where-ever the Fire is plac’d, that it be not too near the Bark-bed; for the Heat of the Fire will, by its long Continuance, dry the Bark, fo that it will lofe its Virtue, and be in Danger of taking Fire ; to prevent which, it will be the beft Method to continue a Hollow between the Brick-work of the Fire and that of the Pit, about eighteen Inches wide, whichwill effeétually prevent any Damage arifing from the Heat of the Fire ; and there fhould be no Wood-work plac’d any where near the Flues or the Fire-place, becaufe the continual Heat of the Sicve may in time dry it fo muchas to caufe it to take Fire, which ought to be very carefully guarded againft. TheEntrance into this Stove thould be either froma Greenhoufe, the dry Stove, or elfe thro? the Shed where the Fire is made, becaufe in cold Weather the Front Glaffes muft not be open’d. The Infide of the Houfe thould be clean white-wafhed, becaufe the whiter the Back-part of the Houfe is, the betterit will reflect the Light, which is of great Confe- quence to Plants, efpecially in Winter, when the Stoveis oblig’d to be fhut upclofe. Over the TopSliding-Glaffes there fhould be either wooden Shutters, or Tarpawlins to roll down over them in bad Weather, to prevent Acajou or Cafhew or Pear, or Pimento, A A Root, bad Fuflick Tree, Bananas, Baftard Cedar of Bar- Ginger, badoes Bajtard bado Bully Tree, Logwood, Macaw Tree, Button Wood of Bar- Mamee badoes, Cabbe 7 Coce Calibajh Tree, Mancinel Ti Mimofa or t Senfitive Tree or Bonduc, Caffada, Palm Trees of feveral ‘alia Fiftula, Sorts, r Tree of Barba- Papaw Tree, Plantane Tree, Tree of Barba- e of Famaica, Cocoa-nut Tree, Coriex Winteranus, Cuftard At Date Tre Dumb Cane, Fiddle wood; et Sop, gi dicinna navinad Lrée, er or Whites Thefe, wit moft other Sorts of Trees, Shrubs, and Herbaceous Plants, fhould be plung’d in the Bark-bed for the Reafons already affign’d; and upon the Top ofthe Flues may be fet the Anana or Pine-Apple Plants in Winter, as alfo the Melon tender Sorts of Cereus’s, and Eupl other very tender fucculent Plants, which require to be kept. dry in Winter. As in this Stove are plac’d the Plants of the hotteft Parts of the Ea/? and We/t-Indies, fo the Heat fhould be kept up equal to that mark’d Azana upon Mr. Fowler’s Thermomelers, and fhould never be fuffered to be above eight or ten Degrees cooler at moft, nor fhouldthe Spirit be rais’d above ten Degrees higher in the Thermometer; both which Extreams will be equally injurious to the Plants. But in order to Judge more exactly of the Temper of the Air in the Stove, the Thermometer fhould be hung up ata good Diltance from the Fire, nor fhould the Tube be expos’d to the Sun, buc on the contrary, the Back hung thereto, becaufe whenever the Sun fhines upon the Ball of the Thermome- the Wet from getting thro’ the Glaffes, and ter but one fingle Hour, it will raife the Lito fecure them from being broke by Storms of quor in the Tube confiderably, when perhaps Hail, and thefe outer Coverings will be very ferviceable to keep out the Froft; andif in y fevere Cold there is a Tarpawlin hung re the upright Glaffes in the Front, it will be of great Service to the Stove, and a much lefs Fire will preferve a Heat in the Honfe. In the warmeft of thefe Houfes or Divifions fhould be plac’d the moft tender Exotick Trees and Plaats, a followeth: Lift of which is as the Air of the Houfe is not near fo warm; which many times deceives thofe who are not aware of this. : In the Management of the Plants placed in the Bark-bed, there muft be aparticular Regard had to the Temper of the Bark and the Air of the Houfe, that neither be too vI0lent; as alfo to water ’emfrequently, becaulé when they are in a continual Warmth, which will caufe *em to perfpire freely, if they have not a conftant Supply to aniwer their Dilcharges 1 |