The Ohio Democrat and Dover advertiser. [volume] (Canal Dover, Ohio) 1839-1840, 1840-05-29
AGRICULTURAL.

much interest forsour fair readers, THAI
we are induced 70 give Il aPlace n
their book. .-Lddy's BOoE. .,...
DOMESTIC GREEN HOUSES,
A; plan has lately been discovered
& for keeping green plants s'in fresh state
in all seasons and climates, with a very
small degree oftrouble. As it must be
sQuite new to many of our readers,
though known TO professional horticul-
larists end men of science, shall try
'to describe it, from recollection Of
seeing it 10 operation 10 London in the
autumn Of last year. Itlis suppose.
generally understood that greenhouse
plants, among which may be numbered
many Towering tender herbs, will not
grow in the opeG air in town, or even
in a-carefully kept rooD. The smoky
or otherwise impure atmosphere, either
kills them outright, or causes them TO
,languieh, so that a, the best they are
poor statuated things. But besides be-
ing deprived Of pure air, the plants are
not properly and regularly wa!ered.
Watering only now and then does mot
suit all kinds Of plants; many require 10
live in an atmosphere from which moiS~
-.4ufe cen.ate ell times be drnwn. 10 short
Nv tho common artificial methods, il lie
often impossible to initiate the process
ofnaiure 80 effectualIy as to keep mum
Der of pc, flowers and shrubs about our
dwelling in a state Of health and beauty.
The new and improved method cons
sists simply in the use OF glass case
for the plants. The case may be the
size of room or box--it is all one.
The top and sides Of the case are oI
glass frames; the bottom contains earth
in which the plants grow; the whols is
kept closed; except al short intervals.
when a small door is opened for any
necessary purpose. The case may be
placed in a room at a window, full in the
sums light, or if the enclosure be large,
hike a green house, it may be situated
out Of doors. The plants being set in
lhe usual manner, the earth saturated ,t
a certain extent with water, and the
case closed, nature now takes upon IL
selftAe entire management Of The pro-
cees. When the sun shines on tn,
case, the moisture rises in a natural g.
vapora,ion from The earth, and hangs il
condenced globules on the inside OF tn
.ralaAs. When the cold of evening en-
sues, the moisture descsnds, and is ab
sorbed by the plants and by the earth
Thus alternately rising and descending
the moisture in the case keeps up pro
or and regular system Of irritation
whereby The plants are sustained 10
state Of great freshness and beauty.
am not sure that there ls any precis
method followed for admitting fresh al
into the case, ,and am uclined 10 believ
that this is accomplished only by tb
casual opening of the small door, or b
slight crevices in the frame work.
A gentleman residing in the easter
and most confined part ofLondon, bs
brought the growth Of plants by thes
very simple means 10 an extra dnar
degree Of perfection. In one Of his from
rooms he had case, about the size G
a bird cage, in which there grew va
,Tlety of plants, native and exotic, in tn
most lively state ofheatb and fresh
ness; and in small back court be ha
erected series ol sheds, enclosed, an
framed with glass 90 top and'front, i
an equally healthy condition. Oh bein
conducted into one Of these enclose
out>houses, Twas struck with admira
E tion atthefreshness and greeness Of In
yegeia,ion. From the ground grew ia
exolics, and from jutting stones, fesen
bling rock-work, there depended moe
~,ses and creeping plants Of fdivess kind
in state Of as luxuriant Vegetation q
If they had sprung among the cliff
which overhang highland lake. "
all this was in one of the smokie'
parts Of London, in a confined .bac
court. where breath off,esh air cou
not at any season be reasonably expeC
led,and where certainly the same plan
could not grow in open air, noiwilhsl'
ding every care which might be bes'o'
ed upon them. What a triumph is tn
over local circumstances! Here is
2gentleman Of taste, who, though plac
in situation The most untoward, has
sin his power, at The mereettriHe of e
apense, 10 cultivate at least one of I
sbrsnches OF the delightful science
sbotsuy, and at all times enjoy The co
temptation Of some Of natures mc
beautiful works. ....
A special advantage of,his mode
plant culture, consists Ia lie aPplicab
,iiy to tho transportation Of certain gr
ing vegetables 10 distant countries.
has hitherto been difficult to keep pla
olive on shIpbOard, IN consequence