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house, and place for a gardener to work, and even to 

 reside in. Some few stable-lofts in Dublin have for 

 years been the gardener's abode, and parts of one 

 stable have been converted into places for propagat- 

 ing and growing plants. I do not know of one here 

 as yet being roofed with glass ; but I have been in a 

 hotel in Princes-street, Edinburgh, whose roof is 

 glass, where vines ripen grapes ; and a like plan has 

 been adopted in America and elsewhere. 



A few more plants may be mentioned, of which I 

 have not known many in any of the places we now 

 speak of, which I hope to see succeeding there 

 varieties of Aloes and other soft- wooded plants, with 

 winter and spring covering overhead, and it may be 

 quite open, or with wire- work around. The common 

 Agave, called A. Americana, or American Aloe, has 

 stood out many years in different parts of Ireland 

 without covering. Likewise Yuccas, such as Y. aloce- 

 folla, green and variegated ; Y. treculeana, Y. fila- 

 mcntom, green and variegated ; Y. stricta, Y. allo- 

 x/rica, Y. Whiplii, Y. angmtifolia, &c. CordyUnes, 

 C. Australis, C. Banksii, C. indivisa, &c. ; Begonia*, 

 tuberous-rooted, which are again mentioned below, 

 and other kinds. 



Varieties of Acanthus, and of Saxifrage, too many 

 to name here. 



Of Lilies, as to which I may say the same. 



Lily of the Valley, of which there are varieties 

 better than others, though shade-loving, grows well 

 in a southerly aspect. It may be enriched with 



