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STRUCTURES ADAPTED TO PARTICULAR PURPOSES. 



according to the size of the plants to be grown. The following 

 end section will illustrate what we here refer to. It is somewhat 

 enlarged, for the purpose of showing the arrangements of the 

 interior. The cut which follows (Fig. 25) is a perspective view 

 of the same house, taken at a considerable distance from it, for 

 the purpose of showing the effect of this plain structure in a 

 pleasure-ground. If desired, it may be made to assume some- 

 thing of the character of a conservatory, by introducing a ground 

 bed in the centre, instead of the shelves or tables. The fire- 

 place and heating apparatus may be placed at one end, and 

 under ground, so as to be out of sight, or may be formed in a 

 sunk shed, and blinded with shrubbery. The flues, or pipes, for 

 warming the house, must be carried round, beneath the side 

 shelves, dipping below the level of the floor at the doors, and 

 returning by the opposite side of the house to the furnace. The 

 cost of such a structure will very much depend upon the quality 

 of the workmanship, and the material used in the construction ; 

 but we think a very good house may be erected, according to the 

 foregoing plan, for about ten dollars per foot in length, or about 

 five hundred dollars for a house 50 feet long by 20 feet in width. 



Fig. 24. 



Such a green-house, though plain and inexpensive in its 

 character, may, nevertheless, be made to harmonize well with 

 flower-garden scenery, and is far superior to the clumsy, shed- 

 like erections frequently seen stuck into corners of buildings 



