54O THE GREEN-HOUSK 



suit the culture of the finer sorts, and bring them to 

 a flowering state. Such may rather be termed Green- 

 rooms, as being connected with the house, and are 

 foreign to my purpose here ; which is to treat of the 

 above compartments, as being a distinct branch of 

 gardening ; the more especially having, in a recent 

 publication, the Villa Garden Directory, noticed the 

 management of shrubs and flowers kept in the house. 

 Supposing, therefore, that the Green-house, and 

 Conservatory, are to be detached from the dwelling- 

 house or other buildings, and are to be placed in 

 some convenient and sheltered situation in the Plea- 

 sure Garden, exposed to the south, south-east, or 

 south- west sun, I shall offer, in the following sec- 

 tions, some remarks on their construction. 



SECT. II. 



ON THE CONSTRUCTION OP THE GREEN-HOUSE. 



IN the construction of green-houses, fancy may be 

 indulged, and a greater scope may be allowed to 

 taste, than in the construction of forcing-houses. 

 These are generally confined to one object, the pro- 

 duction of certain fruits in perfection ; which ren- 

 ders the observance of forms and dimensions in 

 their construction more necessary than in that of the 

 green-house, where a variety of plants of different 

 habits are to be cultivated. 



Nevertheless, in order that these plants may ge^ 



