CONSERVATORIES. 



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655. Conservatories, however, which are api^endages to the house, must 

 depend, for their aspect, on the p»osition it occupies, except where the principal 

 rooms lie to the north. No plant-house can possibly prosper in this aspect, 

 since the house shades it from the south sun ; nevertheless, with these rooms 

 it must be connected, or it fails in its object ; and a passage or corridor con- 

 necting it, covered with glass, must lead to some locality, either to east, or west, 

 or south, where a more genial aspect can be obtained for the conservatory. 

 Where a glass corridor becomes necessary, either round the house, or as described 

 at page 6i, it should be made subservient to the objects of the conservatory by 

 the introduction of baskets, trail- 

 ing plants, vases occupying niches, 

 and other attractions. 



6ci6. As regards its architec- 

 tural style, the conservatory 

 should, at least, be in hai-mony 

 with that of the house : if orna- 

 ments are permitted, they should 

 be Gothic, Tudor, or Grecian, 

 according as the house is of one 

 character or the other : in this, 

 as in all other matters, congruity 

 is to be studied. 



657. Theconsen-atory, properly 

 speaking, is a house in which the 

 plants occupy beds and borders 

 as in the garden, but on a smaller 

 scale : sometimes the plants are 

 permanent ones, more frequently 

 they stand in pots plunged into 

 the soil, or in tubs standing on 

 its sm'face, or in vases occupying 

 pedestals. Much has been written 

 on thearrangements of conservato- 

 ries, and Mr. Noel Humphreys has 

 propounded some ideas for their 

 picturesque arrangement which 

 would have a very pleasing effect 

 in a house of sufficient size. Wo 

 shall confine our remarks to 

 smaller limits, however, and fol- 

 low the erection of a house, with ii'— gbottnd.plan and section of eoof. 

 some alterations, which has been described by the late Mr. Loudon, ia 

 his ''Encyclopaedia of Architecture," which that judicious author considered 

 admirably adapted for a small country mansion. The house isGothic in style, 

 43 feet long and 18 feet wide, having three folding-doors opening on the 



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