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outside, and the vines brought through the wall just underneath the 

 plate of wood upon which the front sashes rest. With respect to 

 the internal fittings, a stage should be erected in the centre, and a flat 

 stage, about two feet in width on the two sides, with three feet walk 

 between the sides and centre. The sashes at the side should be matte 

 to open, as well as providing ventilators in the roof, because in the 

 spring and summer season a free circulation of air must be main- 

 tained in congenial weather for the sake of the health of the plants. 

 The accompanying fignre of a span roof greenhouse vinery, 



SECTION OF GREENHOUSE VINERY. 



erected by Messrs. Hereman and Morton, affords a capital illus- 

 tration of the structure here recommended for the cultivation of 

 both plants and grapes. 



The roof must not be covered with a complete canopy of green 

 foliage, or it will be next to impossible to grow plants of any kind 

 satisfactorily, for they will be drawn up so much as to become, by 

 the middle of the summer, quite unsightly. A good distance at 

 which to plant vines apart in the greenhouse is four feet, and then 

 by training the branches rather close to the main root, and by 

 keeping the laterals well stopped, the plants will receive plenty of 

 light for maintaining a healthy growth. 



CARPET BEDDING. 



BY HENRY CANNELL, 

 The Nursery, Station Road, Woolwich, S.E.' 



HE beautiful illustration of an embroidery border which 

 appeared in the March number of the Floral World has 

 induced me to offer a few remarks upon the style of 

 planting there represented, by way of supplement to 

 the observations which accompanied the picture. Some 

 twenty years ago the flower garden was simply a confused mass of 

 colour, and the improvement that has been effected since that time 

 is simply wonderful ; although at one period the planter's whole 

 attention was devoted to producing a brilliant display of colour, and 



