EDITOB'S TABLE. 



11. //.</• /A)"*^— spoiling from Oftico. 20 by 50 feet; center occupied by a wulleJ pit two feet 

 Linh, siirroiiiuleJ by ii wulk, MJth shelves on the sides next the (^hiss. 



8, Ojfiie. 9, Entrance. 10, DwcUing-IIousc. a, a, a, Doors. The open spjico on cacli ^i(le «>f 

 Ilot-Ilouse is used for frames. The front is 150 feet. 



'Jlic Jioic, (Jcranium and O'rapc-IIauscs, are constructed with " three-fjuiirttr Kpiin" roofs, us in 

 the annexed figure, and back walls of hollow brickwork. Thi' two 

 former have a eoiithern, and tlie latter an eastern asjieet. Tiie nftuj-t 

 span being behind llie stage;!, and directly over the jiits in the rear 

 of tliem, give an abundance of liglit to jdants jdaced in tlicm. 



Tlie Forcing and I lot- Houses are botli si>an-roofed, running near- 

 ly north and south. 



I'oof-sashes all stationary, with ventihitors jdaced at the ridge 

 and below the front sashes, which also open. Partitions between houses are glass. TIjc wliole 

 range is heated by a powerful liot-water apparatus, erected \>y Joseph Nasox, of Xew York ; the 

 pipes of which are from four to six inches in diameter, and measure nearly 3,000 feet in length. 

 They are all heated by one furnace, situated in the basement of the office building; and which 

 is capable of warming a still greater extent of surface, if required. In the same basement is a 

 powerful steam pump, Avhicli elevates the water for the supply of the houses, from capacious 

 cisterns and a deep well adjacent (as hard or soft water is required), into two reservoirs, con- 

 taining nearly 600 gallons each, located in the attic, whence it is convej'ed in pipes to all parts 

 of the green-houses, w^herever needed ; also to the stables, <fec., hydrants are placed at convenient 

 distances, to which hose maj- be attached, as may also be done with the steam pump, which thus 



becomes a fire engine of considerable power." 



CoxYERSATiox.vL Meetixcs OF IToRTicuLTUEAL SOCIETIES. — A geutloman conncctod -with 

 the New York Horticultural Society writes : 



" I regard our conversational meetings as more important than our public exhibitions ; indeed 

 no Ilorticidtural Society, in my opinion, is in the straight path of duty until it has established 

 meetings of this kind. It is impossible for a dozen practical men to meet together, and relate 

 their experience, without being mutuallj- benefited; unless they should all be fools, which it 

 would not be charitable to suppose. I would urge you to recommend the holding of such meet- 

 ings in everj' section of the country." 



TTe do recommend such meetings to all who arc interested in horticulture. In every city 

 and village in the land, if some active person would undertake it, a club might he formed 

 to hold weekly meetings, during the leisure seasons at least, to interchange exi)erience in 

 gardening matters; and these meetings might not only be instructive and profitable, hut 

 highly entertaining. Horticulture offers such an endless variety of topics, that the " con- 

 versations" need never be wearisome, hut always fresh. 



New Camellias — American Seedlings. — We gather from the newspapers that McKen- 

 zie's seedling Camellia, named Victoria, has been sold to an English plant-grower for §1,000. 

 "W'e have heard nothing of its merits. Mr. II. A. Gkaef, of Brooklyn, sent us a few days 

 ago a plant in bloom, of a handsome new variety, Ellen's Favorite, (Hicks). The flower 

 is large and well formed, of a rosy carmine color, and the plant appears to be a free grower. 

 Mr. G. says it strikes very freely from cuttings. 



Ix our last number, and this, several questions are unanswered, to wliicli we invite the 

 attention of our readers familiar with the subjects. 



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We have to thank several correspondents for valuable communications, which w 

 pear soon. 



