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humble office of a chimney. Such a building will be a 

 characteristic receptacle for the lofty palm, the magnificent 

 plantain, and all the other vegetable children of the sun. 

 Its dimensions should be sufficiently roomy to allow a well 

 selected collection of the most beautiful and curious tropical 

 fruits and flowers, to arrive at the greatest perfection. A 

 great command of artificial heat will be requisite, but not 

 more than can easily be obtained from well constructed flues, 

 and the newly invented modes of heating by hot water, sup- 

 plying heated air, whether moist or dry. The space imme- 

 diately in front of the building should partake of its semi- 

 circular sweep, having a basin and jet d'eau in the centre ; 

 and, in the summer months, should be furnished with every 

 plant and object occurring within the tropics ; the vestiges 

 of Egyptian and Arabic ruins, embedded in banks of sand, 

 &c. Evergreens only should have place in this portion of 

 the garden ; and, instead of tropical forest trees, those of 

 America and Europe must be substituted. The tallest of 

 the pine and cedar tribe must form the back ground, and 

 they should be kept pruned up, to form palm-like heads, to 

 associate in character with the building. 



From this subdivision we pass through its eastern bound- 

 ary, and under a piece of masonry, representing an ancient 

 aqueduct or some other piece of Oriental architecture, em- 

 bossed with sculpture, or marked with hieroglyphics, and 

 then enter on the confines of the southern temperate zone : 

 and here, passing for a little way through the hardiest plants 

 found in either clime, we approach the next building, which 

 may be a Chinese conservatory. Its structure, ornaments, 

 colouring, and its beautiful plants both within and without, 

 wholly Chinese ; a pagoda at each corner behind, serving as 

 chimneys, will mark its character, and enrich the scene. This 

 building, like the others, also spans the leading walk, and 

 may be of corresponding length to the other conservatory 

 already described. In this, not only Chinese shrubs, but 

 also trees which are equally beautiful, may be brought to a 

 perfection never yet seen in this country. 



Leaving the Chinese conservatory, and proceeding onwards, 

 we may see the hardy plants of the southern temperate zone 

 disposed according to their respective latitudes (those of 

 South America, Southern Africa, and Australia, many of them 

 not yet naturalised, forming the eastern collection) ; and then, 

 passing a line of pines, enter the region of the antarctic 

 circle, which may be similarly furnished with a rockwork 

 entrance, and hardy plants, &c., as is the entrance at the 

 opposite end ; as it is likely that no plants, nor even geological 



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