A collection of various forms of stoves, used for forcing pine plants, fruit trees, and preserving tender exotics : intended as well for the use of amateurs, as that of students in the art of gardening : the plates accompanied by ample letter-press, and a correct method shewn for drawing their elevations and sections, from the plans : with the parts at large
A plate-based gardening manual by William Robertson, architect, published in London in 1798 by R. Ackermann for amateurs and students of gardening. Its pictures are engraved elevations, sections and plans of stoves and hothouses for forcing pines, fruit trees and tender exotic plants, with each plan drawn beside its built form, showing how a designer might lay out a heated glasshouse with flues, chimneys and sunken beds.
