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an angle of 35, and represent it as containing 

 seventeen rows of plants, as at page 9. At 

 page 10 the three degrees of comparison are re- 

 produced. At page 17, a house is figured, the back 

 wall of which 6 feet high is furnished with shelves 

 six in number, one above another like books in 

 a library a most capital idea for a Chinese gar- 

 den, and admirably adapted for liliputian trees. 

 Page 18 represents a most ingenious house, a 

 shelf overhead, 6 feet from the ground, four 

 shelves of plants on the back wall, and three rows 

 in the path, four rows on a front stage, and a 

 hanging-basket all in a house 7 feet wide ; but the 

 chef d'oeuvre of these very original designs will 

 be found at page 50, in which a lady, a fountain, 

 twelve birds, two Vines, two Peach trees, a hang- 

 ing-basket filled with Ferns, and a plant in a pot, 

 all find accommodation in a house, which, from 

 the scale, appears 20 feet wide and 13 feet in 

 height. I cannot congratulate Sir Joseph Paxton 

 on his supposed connection with this remarkable 

 and very amusing publication. 



Mr. Foster's houses on iron supports are really 

 as good and durable as those built of brick; the 

 effect of the crossed-iron rods is very superior to 



