1855 P. Neill et al. (rev. ed.) 285 The Plant-Stove may either be a dry-stove or a bark-stove, or both combined, and is applied to the cultivation of tropical plants which require an elevated temperature.
1880 XII. 222/2 The Plant Stove differs in no respect from the greenhouse except in having a greater extent of hot-water pipes for the purpose of securing a greater degree of heat.