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agreeable wiuter-garden. With the better kinds of climbers 

 depending from the roof; a few beds of Oranges and Camellias, 

 and some Palms and tine-leaved plants here and there, to lend 

 grace and character to the scene, one can fancy few things more 

 agreeable in the way of winter-garden or conservatory, particularly 

 as the varied contents of the houses on each side could be seen 

 through the glass from the corridor or i)romenade. 



The Cannas and like plants, of which such graceful use is made 

 in Paris gardens, arc preserved in a most efficient way in caves in 

 this garden. When the stone is quarried for building purposes, 

 a rough propping column is left here and there, and thus dark 



HOUSE FOU YOUNG PLANTS 

 RECENTLY BOOTED. 



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PROPAGATING HOUSE. 



PELARGONIUM HOUSE. 



■ELARGONIUM HOUSE. 



SOLANUM UOU.SE. 



UEGONIA HOUSE. 



CALADIUM AND ARUM HUUSE. 



51ISCELLANEOU3 HOUSE. 



Dui^riiin slwiuirig the arrangement of a t^roup of Glass Houses in the Jar din Fleuristc. 



and spacious caves of equable temperature are left underground. 

 They are in this case about seven feet high, and are used for 

 storing plants that may be well preserved without light in the 

 winter. Here too in masses against the cave walls are arrayed 

 quantities of the Chinese Piice-paper plant, which is so much 

 grown in the gardens. It seems in a perfectly firm and safe 

 condition, growing in the gas-lighted atmosphere, and sending 

 out long bhmched leaves of a delicate lemon-colour, which when 

 the plants are placed in the open air in the summer, soon acquire 

 a healthy green. 



The nursery for trees for the boulevards is situated at Petit 

 Bry, near Nogent-sur-Marue. It consists of nearly forty-five 



