CONSERVATORIES, GREENHOUSES, VINERIES AND FRUIT HOUSES. 



a short distance away from the main block and to connect the two by means of a glazed 

 corridor or colonnaded loggia, which in itself may be made a delightful feature within 

 by roses or other plants grown over trellis, and may from without provide a necessary 

 screen from different portions of the grounds, and so fulfil a double purpose. Where 

 it helps to enclose a cloistered or other secluded garden on its sheltered side, it may 

 be open towards it and thus provide the opportunity for a very charming arrangement of 

 arches overlooking the pleasaunce, or some similar treatment. 



The conservatory attached to a palatial residence must, of course, be a very differ- 

 ent structure to one which is attached to a brick suburban villa. In the former, stone 

 entablature and pillars may be necessary, while for the latter a much lighter erection 

 might be suitable provided that the cornice and moldings are correctly designed, and 

 they and the spaces between the glass rails are well proportioned. 



LOGGIA AMD JWNIN& COVVIT : 



AN ORANGERY, WITH LOGGIA & DINING COWT 



FIG. 276. 



If the conservatory is to be considered as an additional apartment of the house in 

 which bright and beautiful flowers are to be merely displayed and not grown, then the 

 greater part of the floor space may be reserved for chairs and tables, with perhaps a 

 wall fountain and one or two sculptured figures, the greenery being so arranged as to give 

 it the character of a quiet retreat. In such circumstances the proportions of solid stone 

 or brickwork and wood to the area of glass can be considerably increased, but where, 

 on the other hand, it is not only to be used for showing plants grown in the greenhouses 

 but also for the growth of roses and flowering climbers, then the proportion of glass 

 to solid spaces must be as great as possible. Large sheets of plate glass should, how- 

 ever, be avoided, for they, aesthetically speaking, make blank holes in the walls, while if 



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