94 GLASS-HOUSES 



style, stood in the north-west corner of the Garden, on the site of the 

 present Lecture Room. It contained the Succulents until 1875. 



In Daubeny's time the Garden was better equipped with conservatories, 

 or cool green-houses, than it is at present, but the area of the stoves was 

 not so large. 



In 1875, No. I was pronounced ruinous, the plants were removed, and 

 Professor Lawson held a practical class in it, and afterwards erected his 

 new Class Room on the site. In the following year Nos. 2 and 3, which 

 were smoke flue-heated, were condemned as being as "inefficient as 

 costly," and soon after, No. 2 gave place to a Laboratory. 



With the encroachment of the Laboratory upon the Garden, we may 

 note the disappearance of the larger conservatory plants, as, for instance, 

 of the aged orange-trees procured from Genoa by the Duke of Buckingham, 

 and purchased for the Garden in 1850. 



In our description of the various Glass-houses we shall 

 endeavour to mention a few of the more noteworthy plants 

 which have been seen in each of the houses, but visitors must 

 remember that the plants are not always there. The floral 

 tenants of Green-houses are like hotel guests, and change 

 with the seasons of the year ; some to go to a warmer 

 climate, others out of doors, while others again are only 

 exhibited in the houses open to the public for decorative 

 purposes while in flower. 



And not the least are the seasonal changes in the flora of 

 No. 4 Conservatory. 



The existing cool-houses are known as Nos. 3, 4, and 12, of 

 which No. 4 is the only one open to the public. 



No. 3 GREEN-HOUSE 



No. 3 Green-house, standing to the east of the Danby Gate, 

 was built in 1846, and is in a ruinous condition. It is often 

 used for experimental work in connection with the Laboratory, 

 and is closed to the public. The collection of bulbous plants 

 from the Cape of Good Hope is usually housed here : species 

 of HaemanthuS) Ornithogalum,Eucomis, Crocosmia, Lachenalia, 

 Moraea glaucopis^ and Wurmbea capensis amongst others.. 



