dreamed of rural scenery. It is situated in a dell just at the borders of the park, separated only by plantations of trees, and gently, though in varied undulations, sloping towards it, a dozen or more of cottages, in all the different styles of architecture, stud the surface. The gothic, in all its diversity of form-the old Norman, and the graceful Italian are here represented. Every building is of stone: neat gardens adorn every dwelling, and groups of the most ornamental trees and shrubs, add a picturesque and indescribable beauty to the whole village. How indelible were the impressions made on us! Were we to have the choice of all the objects at Chatsworth, Edensor would be the first. The beauty of other styles than the Grecian, which with us is so universally adopted, would here strike the most careless observer. The village formerly consisted of several shabby houses, within what is now the park; but nothing remains to mark the place; and the spot is covered with turf. The whole of the present village has been rebuilt under the direction of Mr. Paxton.

The afternoon had been overcast and misty but as we passed through the park late in the evening, the moon broke out in all its mildness; the lofty trees threw their lengthened shadows across the verdant turf-and, startled by our footsteps, hundreds of deer bounded across our track. We soon reached, the village inn and finding an opportunity to leave for Matlock without remaining over night, at eleven o'clock

we were on our route.

(To be continued.)

ART. II. Remarks upon Heating Horticultural Buildings. By a Practical Gardener in the neighborhood of London.

THE want of a system of heating horticultural buildings, combining economy and simplicity, and, at the same time, affording a heat the most congenial to vegetation in all its stages, was an important consideration long felt by the horticultural world. It is unnecessary, at the present day, to

give a detailed account of the many plans which have been tried, both by scientific and practical men, to remedy the evil. It may, however, be well, before giving my opinion and experience of the following plan, which, I imagine, is the full remedy, to direct attention to those systems which were, before the introduction of this, the best we knew of. The old smoke flue, whilst it is well suited for ripening fruits requiring artificial heat, is well known to be liable to many serious objections. The drying nature of the heat given off by it, renders it little less than an entire failure. It is scarcely possible to have imagined any thing worse contrived for affording a congenial atmosphere to most plants during the growing season, and it is well known, that unless the joints, &c., are in very good order, noxious gases are given off which are hurtful to vegetable life; indeed, all practical men are aware, that, without an immense amount of care and labor, fine specimen plants, possessing any thing like their natural luxuriance and beauty, cannot be grown under this system of heating.

On this account, the inventive faculties of men, anxious to promote the science of gardening, were called into action, and hence the introduction of hot water circulating in iron pipes. But this system of heating, although a great improvement upon the old smoke flue, also fails in many respects; indeed, my experience leads me to believe, that the heat afforded by this, is nearly as ill adapted to the growth of plants, as that of the other. I imagine that the difference consists, not in the nature of the heat afforded, but in the absence of noxious gases, which the pipes do not give off as plentiful as the flue does, and in the heat being more regular, as the latter do not become so much hotter at the part next the fire, as the flue does; consequently, the one part of the house is equally hot with the other, or nearly so. There is also less danger of overheating a house by this system, so as to materially injure its inmates, than by the other, and pipes likewise occupy much less space, and look much neater than flues. But of these, I presume, I have said enough, and would not have said so much, were it not that my remarks will be useful in noticing the system on which I am about to venture an opinion: I mean the tank system.

e Continuation of the tank for ascertaining the depth of water.

f Pipe for draining off the water. g Cistern for supplying water.

h Division wall.

Scale 1-10 of an inch to the foot.

4 and 5,) of a Pine and a Melon Pit, which I have manThe accompanying are ground plans and sections, (figs.

aged for fourteen months, and my experience with them fully convinces me, that, as a system of heating, we can

d

Fig. 5. Section of a Pine and Melon Pit.

a Hot water pipes running through the tank.

b Cast iron standard for supporting the cover to the chamber.

c Cast iron bearers.

d Stone or slate covers.

e Earth for plunging the plants.

ƒ Pipe for admitting warm air into the pit.

g Pipe for admitting cold air into the chamber.

Shelves are put up on the back wall for small plants.

Scale 1-10 of an inch to the foot.

wish for little in the way of improvement, either as regards the nature of the heat afforded, or the simplicity and efficiency of the apparatus. To describe the superiority of this system over either that of the flue, with its many modifications, or that of hot water, circulating in pipes with its less numerous improvements, would, however, be a hopeless undertaking. The common statement of advertisers, in this country, that "it must be seen and experienced to be fully appreciated," is to nothing more applicable than to the tank system. The progress of the most tender exotic in these structures is truly astonishing, and I would be doing the inventors injustice were I to stop here. I have found that, whilst in houses heated upon a very superior plan of hot water circulating in pipes, the plants have required the greatest care to keep them free from insects, and to keep up a sufficiently moist atmosphere, so as to have them in a vigorous and healthy state; the same species in the house heated upon the tank system required little or no care. The labor of syringing was entirely unnecessary, and that of watering

the soil but little required; indeed, my plan was, and is, with any plant which appeared rather unhealthy, or which I wished to urge on by more than ordinary means, to place it in the tank pit, and I was highly gratified in finding it soon to fully answer my wishes.

That most troublesome of all pests,-the red spider,―never dared to show its face, not even upon plants the most subject to its attacks; and the mealy bug (to me, if possible, still more hateful, and of which I have plenty, we having bought in a large collection of pine plants during the last twelve months) made no progress. Plants which were washed with the greatest care, and placed in the other houses, soon showed that they were not cleaned, but once washed and placed in the tank pits, the bug has never again made its appearance. In short, I am fully convinced, that for the growth of pines, melons, and plants generally, that are natives of hot climates, and that enjoy a humid atmosphere during the growing season, this system far surpasses anything previously in use.

Of melons, I had an abundant crop of excellent fruit, which lasted from the beginning of June to the end of October. I may, however, state, that to me the plan of the melon pit is not satisfactory, nor what I would recommend. As will be seen by reference to the section, (fig. 5,) there is no means of dispelling damp from the atmosphere, except by ventilation, which, during cold weather, cannot be employed sufficiently, and hence I had great difficulty in effecting the setting of the fruit during the early part of spring. The plants grew with the greatest possible luxuriance imaginable, but the fruit never failed to damp off until the sun became sufficiently powerful to allow the foliage to become dry during the early part of most days. For those, however, who do not force melons very early, and with whom expense in erection is a matter of some moment, this plan, as shown in the section, (fig. 5) will fully answer.

I would not altogether recommend the simpler and cheaper method of the open gutter, without pipes, because with this there is no means of obtaining a dry atmosphere for ripening the fruit, and without which it never acquires that flavor which constitutes its great excellence. Melons ripened here