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three feet below the floor line of the house will have its 

 flowers much more favorably displayed from the window 

 or glass door that may lie in that direction. 



No conservatory should ever be put on the entrance front 

 of the house. It is an inversion of all rule, which presents 

 the best feature of the garden first and destroys all privacy. 

 Where a house is very near a public road, however, and there 

 is not room for a carriage drive within the gates, or it is 

 desired to have the bulk of the place seen only from the prin- 

 cipal windows of the house, a glazed corridor of sufiicient 

 breadth to receive plants on both sides of the passage will 

 form a charming entrance porch, flowers in a vestibule or 

 lobby always appearing to give a visitor a smiling and cordial 

 greeting. 



Sculpture of a high order in marble, or marble vases, urns, 

 tazzas, etc., can be most fittingly accommodated in architec- 

 tural conservatories, whether on pedestals or in niches and 

 recesses. Nothing throws out and relieves marble statuary 

 so well as dark-foliaged plants. 



Color, too, may be sometimes employed in picking out 

 the moldings of the rafters, but it should not be too glaring. 

 It is altogether a mistake to ignore entirely the use of color 

 for conservatories and to adhere to the cold and monotonous 

 white which is most frequently selected. A warm stone- 

 color, with the mere sashbars painted white — or if the 

 framework be of wood, stained deal or oak graining — will 

 be greatly superior to white, and stages (of wood) should 

 invariably be painted green. 



Detached greenhouses for the growing of plants should be 

 provided whenever practicable. Their design and erection 

 should nearly always be left to some concern which make that 

 work their business, though the location and external design 

 should always have the approval of the landscape gardener. 



