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in each post, sloping from the edge down- 

 wards and inwards towards the middle, 

 to receive the lower part of the frame ; the 

 top part to be fastened with two iron 

 hooks, about a foot long, so as to keep the 

 frame about one foot from the wall, fas- 

 tened to two strong eyes driven into the 

 wall ; the opening to be covered with a Hap 

 like those in the tiffany-house, and when 

 shut should fall down on the frame ; each 

 flap should have a couple of straps of iron, 

 the ends of which should have hooks to 

 them, and hitched into a couple of eyes, to 

 serves as hinges. This is for giving air 

 during all mild weather, the whole of 

 which could remain all the summer, or 

 be taken away in a few minutes, as found 

 best for the trees. Another and most de- 

 lightful purpose the tiffany can be used for, 

 is making a winter garden for protecting 

 and shading such plants as will not 

 flourish well in the full sun, as camellias, 

 daphnes, skimmias, Chinese berberis, etc. 



A walk might be made, with gravel in the 

 centre and borders on the sides, the whole 

 covered with tiffany, at such trifling cost 

 so as to give persons with small means an 

 opportunity of growing plants, such as 

 they never grew before. I am confident 

 that camellias might be grown under it 

 without the slightest assistance of fire 

 heat, as well as a great many half-hardy 

 plants which cannot be grown in the open 

 air. For the information of the readers of 

 the Floral World, I may add that Mr. 

 Shaw has recently made a great improve- 

 ment in tiffany, by making it somewhat 

 stronger, and has mineralized it, so that it 

 will last much longer than formerly. From 

 the experience I have had with it, if well 

 tacked down with list, which is indis- 

 pensable, I have no doubt it will last two 

 years. So that the expense of tiffany will 

 be about one half of what it would cost 

 to have a glass structure painted. 



Soi/al Nursery, Bar/shot. J. Standish. 



CAST-IKON GARDEN FURNITURE. 



We call attention at this season to some 

 excellent examples of rustic work in iron 

 which are introduced at a cheap rate by Mr. 



Jones, of Bankside, Southwark, the well- 

 known manufacturer of Monro's Cannon 

 boiler. We have often spoken in praise 



