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vation. It seems an easy thing to build or 

 ventilate a house of the proper kind ; and so 

 it is, but how often do we see such things 

 very imperfectly done. Certain hypercritics 

 averred when they saw the Glass Palace of 

 1 85 1 erected, that it was the simplest piece 

 of structure ever raised for any grand object, 

 but in its simplicity people generally recog- 



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study and cater for, and so all the ills that 

 plant life are subject to, fall less or more 

 upon the plants in such an atmosphere. If 

 we were cultivating Pelargoniums, or such 

 soft-wooded plants that do not grow to great 

 stature, then such a form of house or pit as 

 fig. I would be the kind of thing wanted. 

 If there were larger plants of a miscellaneous 



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Fig-. I. — House for Pelargoniums and other Soft-wooded Plants. 



nized the greatness of the conception. Magic- 

 like it grew until the great transept covered 

 some of the gigantic trees of the park. 

 Living they were when the palace was reared ; 

 living they were when the temporary canopy 

 was taken down; living they are at the 

 present day ! It is in this adaptation of means 

 to an end that brings with it success. 



character, such as Azaleas and Heaths, and 

 New Holland, plants of a hard-wood charac- 

 ter, then such a house as fig. 2 would be a 

 good medium for their growth and health. 

 The one, as shewn by the section (fig. 3), has 

 a central path, and shews that it is heated by 

 three pipes. These pipes may be covered 

 over with a wooden, or slate, or stone stage, 



Fig. 2. — House for Azaleas, Heaths, and other Hard-wooded Plants. 



construction of a house as a 



•T for plant life is one de- 



^ints be of low stature, 



'■>ouse is debarring 



'ht, and has a 



jle tissue in 



ve, therefore. 



and the plants set thereon, or the house 

 might be used for an orchard house, planting 

 out the fruit trees in the borders on either 

 side the passage, or standing them in pots, as 

 the case may be. With the means of heating 

 at command any kind of plant or fruit tree 

 might be grown even from a tropical climate. 



.olidation which The atmosphere, as will be seen in this struc- 

 the gardener to ture, is limited, and may be easily heated ; it 



