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New Market qfCovent Garden. 



sage {u 1 1\ tind one from the end {e q) of each of the exterior 

 colonnades. The fi'amework of the conservatories is wholly 

 of cast-iron and copper, even to the shelves of the stage 

 l^g. 39.), and the work is executed with remarkable neatness 



by Messrs. John Jones and Co. of Birmingham. The con- 

 servatories are 15 ft. broad, and 15 ft. high : they do not oc- 

 cupy more than a third of the area of the terrace, and the 

 remaining part serves as a promenade, and for the display of 

 hardy plants in pots and vases, and other garden ornaments. 

 In the centre of the terrace is a handsome fountain [Jig. 40.), 



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a b c de. Section of the wall of the basin on a larger scale. 



designed by Mr. Fowler, of Devonshire marble, highly 

 polished : the machinery was executed by Messrs. Brath- 

 waite. The water is supplied from a cistern, or rather a 



