at Hawthorn Grove, Dorchester, 



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above the centre 

 walk, and about five 

 and a half feet above 

 the front one. The 

 walls are built of 

 brick and are cov- 

 ered with a plank 

 coping. The pas- 

 sage ways at each 

 end of the house 

 from the centre to 

 the front walk, are 

 about three feet wide, 

 and are descended 

 by three steps ; those 

 each side of the par- 

 tition are descended 

 by two on to a large 

 flag-stone, level with 

 the top of the flue, 

 and one from that to 

 the walk. 



In the conserva- 

 tory there is a front 

 stage of the same 

 length of the back 

 one ; at each end of 

 this, also, correspond- 

 ing with the back 

 one, are spaces cov- 

 ered with lattice 

 work, for middling 

 sized plants to stand, 

 to break the abrupt 

 appearance of the 

 ends of the stage. 

 Over the hot-water 

 pipes, which run 

 along parallel with 

 the front wall, and 

 immediately adjoin- 

 ing the side of the 

 front sill, is a box 

 (as seen in the sec- 

 tion, Jig. 6), about 

 eight inches wide 

 and six deep, for the 

 purpose of laying in 



