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THE VILLA GARDENER. 



355 



tremity both of the sides 

 of the house, and the end 

 of the stage, may either be 

 semicircular or square, at 

 pleasure. If it were square, 

 a portion of the stage might 

 be made to draw out right 

 and left, to admit the at- 

 tendant to the fireplace ; 

 and if semicircular, as in 

 the plan, the semicircle 

 might be formed into two 

 quadrants, each turning on 

 a pivot at the angle, and 

 opening outwards to a suf- 

 ficient extent to admit the 

 operator to the stove, as 

 shown in fig. 355. at c. One 

 advantage of this arrange- 

 ment is, that the stove can 

 never be seen by a visiter ; 

 because the attendant, 

 when he is at work at c, 

 cannot escape from that 

 place without shutting at 

 least one of the quadrants. 

 Another advantage is, that, 

 ■while both quadrants are 

 open to the fullest extent, 

 as at d d, the pots being on 

 the shelves, any person entering the cabinet will rather consider the 



ance as the peculiar termination of the stage, than as a convenient 



ment for getting at the 



stove. There are props for 



plants at e. The water- 

 pipes are shown at /, in 

 fig. 356., and the arched 



rods to the props at g. In 



severe weather mats can be 



stretched along the whole 



extent of the roof, attached 



to these arches. The en- 

 trance from the house is at 



hy fig. 355. 



530. Ventilation is the 



only remaining point of 



importance, connected with 



plant cabinets or small 



green-houses, which re- 



mains to be touched on, O }\ 



appear- 

 arrange- 



356 



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