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4 c, Lobby between the orangery (3) and the conservatory (5). 



4 (/, An aviary for canaries, separated from the conservatory and the 

 lobby by a wire grating, and from the orchidaceous house by a wall. 

 Both the aviary and the lobby have a glass roof in the same plane 

 as that of the conservatory, as may be seen in Fig. 8, in p. 499. In 

 the winter season the temperature of the aviary being tlie same as 

 that of the conservatory, the birds require little or no care, except 

 giving them food ; while they sing freely at that season, and greatly 

 enliven this part of the garden scenery. 



5, Conservatory, with vines under the rafters. The walks are slate, 

 the shrubs are planted in a bed of free soil edged with slate, and the 

 back wall is covered with ditferent species of Passiflora, and with 

 the Tacsbnia pinnatisti'pula. 



6, Camellia-house. The camellias kept in pots ; the rafters covered 

 with vines, and the back wall with passitioras and other climbers. 

 This house, and also 5, are heated from one boiler, as indicated 

 at 64. 



7, Geranium-house. The roof is in the ridge and furrov/ manner of 

 Mr. Paxton. This house, and also 8, 9, and 10, are lieated from the 

 boiler indicated at 89. 



8, Botanic stove. The roof is in the ridge and furrow manner of 

 Paxton. The sides of the pit are formed of slabs of slate ; and 

 there is a slate box at e, containing a plant of Musa Cavendishii 

 with a spike of fruit, two or three of which ripen off weekly. F. is 

 a cistern for stove aquatics. There is a plant of Brngmans/r? 

 suavolens (Datura arborea L.) 15 ft. high, with a head 13 ft. in 

 diameter. When we saw it, Aug. 10th, 277 blossoms were expanded 

 at once, producing an effect upon tlie spectator under the tree, when 

 looking up, which no language can describe. Last year it produced 

 successions of blossoms, in one of which 600 were fully expanded 

 at one time. This year it has had five successions of blossoms, and 

 another is now coming out as the plant expands in growth. There 

 is a large Brugmansia coccinea in this house. Both these plants are 

 in the free soil. 



9, House for Cape heaths. 



10, Pinery. The roof of this house is in tiie ridge and furrow manner 



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