GLASS-HOUSES 



covered by an iron and glass ridge-and-furrow roof. Of these, No. 5 

 was originally a propagating-house, but Daubeny devoted it to Orchids. 

 Nos. 6 and 7 were built in 1851 : No. 6 for the Water-lilies as at present, 



Copper Beech 



ECONOMIC, VICTORIA LILY, AND ORCHID HOUSES, 1851-94 



and No. 7 to house the collection of Economic Plants useful in medicine 

 or in the arts. 



In the tank in the middle house the large Victoria Regia Water- 

 lily was grown in 1853 * and subsequent years, but the room of this 

 giant was found to be worth more than its company, and no one who 

 sees the exquisite collection of Water-lilies now grown, will much regret 

 its absence. This house was a particular object of pride to Dr. Daubeny, 

 who, during a period of straitened finances, covenanted to keep it up 

 out of his own pocket ; and that this was no small matter is evident from 

 the report of his successor, who stated that for many years the house and 

 tank had been slowly but constantly sinking. The Jews' Burial Ground 

 afforded no proper foundation. 



THE NORTH CORRIDOR 



Some handsome climbers, planted in the bed along the 

 side of the corridor, are trained against the Garden wall. A 



* Only four years after the Victoria Regia had flowered for the first 

 time at Chatsworth, Nov. 8, 1849. 



