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A CHAPTER ON GREENHOUSES. — No. H. 



In view of the increasing interest and taste in floral study, I give the 

 plan and elevation of another small greenhouse, designed and built by the 

 writer for Josiah Barber, Esq., Auburn, N.Y., at a cost of about fifteen 

 hundred dollars ; and it is working so as to give entire satisfaction. 



The plan and elevation given in this number are one of a series that is 

 designed more particularly for the amateur who makes greenhouse-flowers 

 the companion of his leisure, and attends mostly to their requirements in 

 person. 



In the construction of this building, the ground was excavated about 

 t\i-o and a half feet in a similar manner as described in the article on 

 greenhouses in the August number of this magazine. It is of the curvi- 

 linear form, which is best adapted to generate and equalize the heat during 

 the day. 



The curvilinear form being returned at the ends, with the cupola at top, 

 and having an ornamental entrance, it forms a very pleasing feature as an 

 attachment to a gentleman's ground. This design is not intended to be 

 placed in a rear or back location, but is to be adjacent to the building, thav 



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