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the sketch, and with two cross bars beneath. 

 The upper edge of the box is furnished with 

 a groove for the reception of the ghiss roof, 

 and this groove is lined Avith brass, to pre- 

 vent the wood from rotting. The roof is 

 composed of brass, and gh\zed with the 

 very best flattened crown ghiss. The brass 

 astragals are grooved for the reception of 

 the glass, and not rebated, as in ordinary- 

 glazing. The length of the case is three 

 and a half feet by two feet in breadth. 

 Eyed studs are cast on the inner side of the 

 ridge astragal, about half an inch in length, 

 for the purpose of suspending small orchids 

 or ferns from the roof. The inside of the 

 box is lined with copper, and at one of the 

 corners an aperture is formed into which a copper tube, two inches long, is inserted, 

 and furnished with a cock for withdrawing any superfluous moisture that may at any 

 time accumulate within the box. One of the panes in the roof is made to draw out, 

 being less firmly set in the groove of the astragals. This provision is necessary for 

 the occasional arrangement of the plants, but the general 

 arrangement is made by lifting the top off" entirely. This 

 is, however, seldom necessary, as plants both in pots 

 plunged in moss, and planted out in proper soil, and well 

 drained below, have been kept in a healthy state from four 

 to nine months without removal. 



"Of Wardian cases, figs. 10 and 11 are elegant exam- 

 ples, calculated for a drawing-room or saloon. In fig. 10 



the top lifts off" for ventila- 

 tion, and is fitted closely 

 into a brass groove, to 



Fig. 9. 



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which all the other bars 



Fio;. 10. 



are attached. The mider part also fits into a groove 

 in the raised part of the table, and has entirely to be 

 lifted oft" when the plants are introduced or arranged. 

 The whole is made of brass highly polished, and 

 plate-glass bent to the necessary curves in making. 

 Fig. 11 lifts off" in one piece, and is formed of polished 

 brass, as in the last example." 



We shall conclude this excellent article in our next 

 number. The winter, when all is dreary without, is 

 the season when plants in parlors are most needed 

 We think we could o-ive nothinsr more seasonable 



