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conducted through a pipe, three inches in diameter, to pass 

 under the wall, into a reservoir; on the inside of the walk, a 

 row of bricks may be laid in an upright direction, to keep the 

 earth from covering the walk. 



Staging of the house. Over the flue, around the front, a 

 stage may be built for the accommodation of small plants, 

 consisting of four shelves ; that near the glass to be eight, the 

 second seven, the third six, and the fourth five inches wide ; 

 to descend towards the walk six inches, which will be two 

 inches between each shelf; or it may be made level, with 

 boards, if most convenient. A stage should also be erected 

 from the walk, to the back of the house, according to the fol- 

 lowing scale, viz : the first shelf next the walk to be four feet 

 six inches from the front glass, its height three feet, and 

 width seven inches ; the second, six inches above that, and 

 the same width; the third and fourth, eight; fifth and sixth, 

 ten ; seventh, twelve, and eighth the remaining space to the 

 wall. Their height, one above another, gradually to increase, 

 so as to leave the seventh twelve inches from the eighth, 

 which should be five feet from the top of the wall. In addi- 

 tion to the above, shelves may also be erected in other parts 

 of the house, for succulent plants, as the Cactus, and dry 

 stove plants, with many little things that may be added to suit 

 the owner's taste. 



Having completed the house, the next thing to be attended 

 to is painting the wood work white, the stage excepted, 

 the brick work and walls require whitewashing, for the benefit 

 of the plants, and its neat appearance. 



ART. 4. Repairing and Cleansing. 



Before entering on the subject of green-house plants, there 

 remain one or two observations on the internal arrangement 

 of the green-house, which, though not strictly pertaining to 

 the subject of this chapter, may be brought in here with 

 advantage. 



To have the house in proper order for the reception of 



