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THE FliORIST AND POMOLOQIST. 



July, 



THE ALEXANDKA PLANT-HOUSE. 



'he subjoined figure represents one of Eendle's Patent Plant-Houses, of new 

 and elegant design, and most commodious in its arrangements, since the 

 glass is carried out at the base so as to form a convenient pit for dwarf 

 plants. It is called the Alexandra Plant-house ; and is constructed solely 

 of timber and glass, with the necessary metal grooves according to Mr. Eendle's 

 system of glazing ; it can, therefore, be put iip without brickwork in the erection 

 itself, and without putty in the glazing. The latest improvements in these 



\LL\ANDRA PLVNT HOl<fE. 



patented houses greatly facilitate their construction, since the timber is all pre- 

 pared by machinery to a uniform pattern, and the glass is all of one size, and so 

 fixed as to avoid the possibility of drip. In one of these houses of lean-to form, 

 erected at the London International Exhibition for the growth of Tobacco 

 plants in connection with the Exhibition, we had lately an opportunity of seeing 

 on a rainy day how perfectly water-tight the roofs can be made. The glass 

 surface is continuous, without exposing any external woodwork. — T. MooRB. 



MIMULUS CARDINALIS. 



'he rage after novelties — after anything new from beyond the seas — has 

 caused many charming plants to be set aside ; nay, has even lost us some 

 of our most beautiful introductions. Lovely as are many of these plants, 

 whose very names have become to us as " household words," can there be 



