CHAPTEE XIV. 



THE HEATH HOUSE AND CONSERVATORY. 



THERE is no class of plants capable of competing with 

 the tribe of Heaths for elegance of character, sub- 



FIG. 28. SECTION OF HEATH HOUSE. 

 Forty feet long, twenty feet w'de, twelve feet high to ridge, five feet high at eaves. 



END SECTION OF HOUSE. 



References to house. aaaa, sliding sashes, worked by the cords and pulleys, BBB, 

 on both roofs of the hou*e ; c, the passage under the stand left to come at the 

 cords, to open and shut the house ; D D, the hot- water pipes ; E E, the pathway ; /, 

 the stage ; G G G G G, gliding sashes ; s N, position of house. 



stance of flower, variety in colour, and continuation of 

 the flowering season, considered as a tribe. There is 



